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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2005
William R. Trutna, Jr., Atherton, CA (US);
Peter David Cooper, Grays Point, AU;
William R. Trutna, Jr., Atherton, CA (US);
Peter David Cooper, Grays Point, AU;
Aptina Imaging Corporation, Grand Cayman, KY;
Abstract
An imaging device having a lens focusing light from a selected scene within an optical footprint, and a substrate including a primary array and at least one navigation array which are positioned within the optical footprint. The primary array acquires a desired image of a portion of the selected scene during an integration period and the at least one navigation array acquires a series of images during the integration period, including a first and a second image having common features from the selected scene. A correlator determines location differences of the common features of the first and second images relative to the at least one navigation array and provides a displacement signal indicative of imaging device translation in two planar dimensions during an interval between the first and second images based on the location differences.