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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew S Katayama, Cardiff, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ; H03M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348241 ; 348243 ; 341139 ;
Abstract
In a high speed video capture and display system including an N.sub.channels channel sensor for producing N.sub.channels parallel analog video signals, N.sub.channels signal processing channels for processing the analog video signals, each of the N.sub.channels signal processing channels including an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) having gain and offset which are controlled by controlling the common mode and differential voltages across each ADC ladder network; and a central processing unit for controlling the gain and offset by means of digital control signals; the method of calibrating the system to produce a uniform image comprising the steps of.