Patent ID: 11863878
Assignee: DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  F | IPC A  H

Claim 0:
1. A system for digital imaging in an ambient light deficient environment comprising:
an emitter configured to emit a plurality of pulses of electromagnetic radiation;
an imaging sensor comprising an array of pixels for sensing electromagnetic radiation; and
a control unit comprising a processor and wherein the control unit is in electrical communication with the imaging sensor and the emitter;
wherein the control unit is configured to synchronize the emitter and the imaging sensor to produce a plurality of image reference frames;
wherein the imaging sensor generates image data from sensed electromagnetic radiation that produces the plurality of image reference frames comprising:
a first luminance frame comprising first luminance image data;
a second luminance frame comprising second luminance image data;
a first chrominance frame comprising first chrominance data;
a second chrominance frame comprising second chrominance data; and
a third chrominance frame comprising third chrominance data;

wherein the first luminance frame, the first chrominance frame, and the second chrominance frame are combined to form a first color image frame;
wherein the second chrominance frame is reused such that the second chrominance frame is combined with the third chrominance frame and the second luminance frame to form a second color image frame.