Patent ID: 9686487
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: B64D,H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: scanning, by a scanning device, over a first period of time, a scene with a detector array comprising a plurality of sets of detector elements at a first constant scan rate; iteratively, during the first period of time, transferring photon accumulation values from each set of detector elements to an adjacent set of detector elements at a first transfer rate that is based on the first constant scan rate, and iteratively reading out the photon accumulation values from at least one set of detector elements of the plurality of sets of detector elements at the first transfer rate; accelerating the first constant scan rate to a second constant scan rate that differs from the first constant scan rate; and iteratively, during a second period of time, transferring photon accumulation values from each set of detector elements to an adjacent set of detector elements at a second transfer rate that is based on the second constant scan rate, and iteratively reading out the photon accumulation values of the at least one set of the plurality of sets at the second transfer rate.