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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2015
Applicant:
Omron Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Yoshiharu Tani, Kusatsu, JP;
John Drinkard, Foster City, CA (US);
Assignee:
OMRON CORPORATION, Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/365 (2011.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3658 (2013.01); H04N 17/002 (2013.01);
Abstract
The teachings herein provide a method and apparatus for detecting erroneous pixel addressing in an imaging sensor. The method and apparatus advantageously leverage the characteristic 'fixed pattern noise' of the sensor to detect addressing errors. Broadly, pixel addressing errors are detected based on comparing the pattern noise seen in data read outs from a targeted address of the sensor with characteristic fixed pattern noise known for the sensor.