A system for processing event timing images, comprising: area scan image sensor for generating sequential digital two-dimensional images of a scene ; and time delay integration module for processing the sequential digital two-dimensional images to generate a time delay integration image of a moving object in the scene ; the time delay integration module comprising image processing circuitry adapted for: (a) segmenting at least a portion of each of the sequential digital two-dimensional images into input lines , the at least a portion including an image of a finish line in the scene, and (b) populating each output line of the time delay integration image with an integral over a plurality of the input lines , each input line of the integral being extracted from a different one of the sequential digital two-dimensional images to substantially match movement of the moving object across the finish line in a direction perpendicular to the input lines ; the area scan image sensor being a color sensor , each color sensor pixel comprising a Bayer type array of rows of photosites (1421 - 1424), the area scan image sensor having a frame rate corresponding to object image movement at a rate of one row per sequential digital two-dimensional image , characterized in that the input lines being parallel to photosite rows of the Bayer type array and alternating between (a) original pixels composed of signals from photosites from the same line image frame captured by the color sensor and (b) crossover pixels composed of signals from photosites from two sequentially captured line image frames, to produce input lines at twice the resolution of the sequential digital two-dimensional images perpendicular to the input lines. area scan image sensor for generating sequential digital two-dimensional images of a scene ; and time delay integration module for processing the sequential digital two-dimensional images to generate a time delay integration image of a moving object in the scene ; the time delay integration module comprising image processing circuitry adapted for: (a) segmenting at least a portion of each of the sequential digital two-dimensional images into input lines , the at least a portion including an image of a finish line in the scene, and (b) populating each output line of the time delay integration image with an integral over a plurality of the input lines , each input line of the integral being extracted from a different one of the sequential digital two-dimensional images to substantially match movement of the moving object across the finish line in a direction perpendicular to the input lines ; the area scan image sensor being a color sensor , each color sensor pixel comprising a Bayer type array of rows of photosites (1421 - 1424), the area scan image sensor having a frame rate corresponding to object image movement at a rate of one row per sequential digital two-dimensional image , characterized in that the input lines being parallel to photosite rows of the Bayer type array and alternating between (a) original pixels composed of signals from photosites from the same line image frame captured by the color sensor and (b) crossover pixels composed of signals from photosites from two sequentially captured line image frames, to produce input lines at twice the resolution of the sequential digital two-dimensional images perpendicular to the input lines. (a) segmenting at least a portion of each of the sequential digital two-dimensional images into input lines , the at least a portion including an image of a finish line in the scene, and (b) populating each output line of the time delay integration image with an integral over a plurality of the input lines , each input line of the integral being extracted from a different one of the sequential digital two-dimensional images to substantially match movement of the moving object across the finish line in a direction perpendicular to the input lines ; <EOS>