Patent ID: 8866890
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of providing large format image data comprising: providing a high resolution camera, said camera comprising a plurality of discrete sensor chips assembled on the surface of a carrier, a plurality of corresponding image processors, electrical connections on the carrier for parallel and synchronized readout of the sensor chips to the corresponding image processors, each said image processor storing predetermined offset and rotation parameters for the connected sensor chip, and electrical connections on the carrier for parallel and synchronized readout of the image processors; imaging an unknown object to produce from the plurality of sensor chips a corresponding plurality of overlapping image data sets; parallel and synchronized readout and processing of the plurality of overlapping image data sets at the respective image processors based on the predetermined offset and rotation parameters to produce a de-rotated and translated image data set for each sensor chip; parallel and synchronized readout of the de-rotated and translated image data set from the plurality of image processors, and stitching together the de-rotated and translated image data sets from all sensors to provide large format image data.