Patent ID: 7116811
Filing Date: 2006-10-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of qualification of an image sensor having images in the form of pixels, comprising the steps of: determining the maximum limit of the number of bad pixels in a given area of the image that can be processed; defining a sliding window having the format of the area determined, the sliding window configured to occupy a number of image sensor lines less than the total number of image sensor lines; establishing a cartography of the pixels forming an image delivered byte sensor which indicates the locations of bad pixels; controlling whether a part of the cartography that may contain the window has a set of bad pixels incompatible with the maximum limit; and qualifying or rejecting the sensor depending on the controlling step; wherein the sliding window slides from a first position to a second position such that the second position frames the same number of lines as the first position, the number of lines being greater than one, and the second position frames all but one of the lines from the first position.