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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2004
Richard L. Hartman, Huntsville, AL (US);
Keith B. Farr, Madison, AL (US);
Richard L. Hartman, Huntsville, AL (US);
Keith B. Farr, Madison, AL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A programmable multifunction electronic camera uses a commercial pixel digital energy sensor to generate detector element signal digital data normally generated by expensive, custom designed, detector element energy sensors. The camera performs this function by retrieving pixel signal digital data and pixel location data from the pixel energy sensor, retrieving detector element energy sensor masks containing information regarding the size, shape, and location of detector elements included in the detector element energy sensors, mapping the pixels included in the pixel energy sensor to the energy sensor masks to identify pixels that can be combined to create 'virtual detector elements' having the same size, shape, and configuration as the detector elements in the detector element energy sensors, and combining the pixel signal digital data associated with the mapped pixels to generate the detector digital data. The camera can be programmed with a number of different energy sensor masks and mapping algorithms.