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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 21, 2021
Applicant:

Allegro Microsystems, Llc, Manchester, NH (US);

Inventors:

Andrew S. Huntington, Banks, OR (US);

William P. Taylor, Amherst, NH (US);

Assignee:

Allegro MicroSystems, LLC, Manchester, NH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/367 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3675 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for compensating for bad pixels in a sensor array. In embodiments, a detector system receives an image on a sensor array of pixels for a first frame via a lens when the lens and the sensor array are configured in a first positional relationship. The array includes at least one bad pixel. The system moves the lens and/or the sensor array based on a position of the at least one bad pixel in the image such that the lens and the sensor array are configured in a second positional relationship. The image on the sensor array for a second frame is received via the lens when the lens and the sensor array are configured in a second positional relationship. The system compensates for the location of the at least one bad pixel in the image for the first and second frames to output a processed image.


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