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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:
Aug. 16, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Donald C. Mead, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Donald C. Mead, Carlsbad, CA (US);
Assignee:
Digital Cinema Systems Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N005/262 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention shows how an area CCD array can be partitioned into subsections to greatly improve the readout rates. Also disclosed is a technique of ping ponging the disk arrays so that the partitions can be stored for a frame time and then output to a common storage device.