Patent ID: 6731338
Filing Date: 2004-05-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for color-correcting data from a segmented imaging sensor having plural sensor segments, the data stored in plural segment memories each of which corresponds to one of the sensor segments, each segment memory storing overlap data and non-overlap data from the corresponding sensor segment, the overlap data in each segment memory including boundary data from a boundary region of the sensor segment for which color correction is performed based at least in part on data from a segment memory for an adjacent sensor segment, the overlap data further including other data from the segment memory used to color-correct the boundary data, the method comprising the steps of:loading overlap data from at least a first half of the segment memories into a memory buffer; combining overlap data from the memory buffer with data from a second half of the segment memories; and performing color correction of boundary data, based on the combined data, and of non-boundary data for each of the segment memories.