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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2011
James E. Levy, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David V. Campbell, Tijeras, NM (US);
Michael L. Holmes, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert Lovejoy, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kenneth Wojciechowski, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Randolph R. Kay, Alburquerque, NM (US);
William S. Cavanaugh, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Thomas M. Gurrieri, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James E. Levy, Albuquerque, NM (US);
David V. Campbell, Tijeras, NM (US);
Michael L. Holmes, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Robert Lovejoy, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Kenneth Wojciechowski, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Randolph R. Kay, Alburquerque, NM (US);
William S. Cavanaugh, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Thomas M. Gurrieri, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
An electronic device includes a memory configured to receive data representing light intensity values from pixels in a focal plane array and a processor that analyzes the received data to determine which light values correspond to triggered pixels, where the triggered pixels are those pixels that meet a predefined set of criteria, and determines, for each triggered pixel, a set of neighbor pixels for which light intensity values are to be stored. The electronic device also includes a buffer that temporarily stores light intensity values for at least one previously processed row of pixels, so that when a triggered pixel is identified in a current row, light intensity values for the neighbor pixels in the previously processed row and for the triggered pixel are persistently stored, as well as a data transmitter that transmits the persistently stored light intensity values for the triggered and neighbor pixels to a data receiver.