Patent ID: 8208684

Claim:
A method of processing image data from a multi-chip array, the array including a plurality of photosensitive chips placed end to end substantially in a transverse direction, each chip in the plurality of chips including a respective row of photosensors aligned in an x direction between respective ends for said each chip, comprising: generating, using a processor for at least one specially programmed computer, a Δx optical error value substantially equal to a difference in the transverse direction, between an apparent location for a first photosensor and an actual location for the first photosensor, the apparent location due to optical error; storing, in a memory element for the at least one specially programmed computer, respective outputs from the photosensors in the array for a scan line, the apparent location included in the scan line; and, retrieving, using the processor, a stored output for a second photosensor included in the scan line for use as at least part of useful image data for the first photosensor, a portion of the second photosensor disposed, in the transverse direction, a distance approximately equal to the Δx optical error value, from the first photosensor.