Patent ID: 7453986

Claim:
A digital dental image apparatus comprising: an intra-oral image sensor configured to output a raw analog video signal; a processing raw analog video signal (PRAVS) means for processing said raw analog video signal for optimum detection; said PRAVS means configured to output an optimized analog video signal; a digitizing, over sampling, and averaging (DOSA) means for digitizing, over sampling, and averaging said optimized analog video signal; said DOSA means coupled to said PRAVS means; said DOSA means configured to output a digitized, over sampled and averaged DOSA video signal; and a programmable control and signal processing (PCSP) means coupled to said DOSA means; said PCSP means configured to generate a control signal configured to control an over sampling rate of said DOSA means; said PCSP means configured to process said DOSA video signal; and configured to output said processed DOSA video signal to an output network interface.