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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2004
Applicant:
Laurent Simony, Grenoble, FR;
Inventor:
Laurent Simony, Grenoble, FR;
Assignee:
STMicroelectronics S.A., Montrouge, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
For each current image output from a pixel matrix, the digital words relative to at least one masked line of the matrix are processed to generate a current correction digital code. From this code, a black level compensation signal is generated and applied as an offset control on pixel signal amplification. If the current correct digital code does not differ from the code calculated for a previous image output by a predetermined amount, then the code for the previous image is instead used to generate the black level compensation signal.