Patent ID: 7629998

Claim:
A method for measuring a performance of a camera undergoing testing by a camera tester, distinct from said camera undergoing testing, said tester includes a tester body, and at least one peripheral accessory for use in combination with said tester for processing said testing and selected from a group comprising an illumination sensor, a calibrated light device, a chart and combinations thereof, said performances selected from a group comprising of sensitivity, usable sensitivity, picture signal level, full video signal level, IRE, signal to noise ratio, resolution, spectrum, color vector, color signal level and combinations thereof; said camera undergoing testing includes signal output connector for outputting a camera signal generated by said camera undergoing testing to said tester on the basis of said camera internal circuits, sensing devices and programs, irrespective of said tester; said tester body including a camera signal input connector, a monitor, superimposing circuit, processing circuit and measurement circuit for outputting measurements selected from a group consisting of alphanumeric characters, waveforms, graphs, vectors and combinations thereof pertaining said performances, comprising the steps of: connecting said output connector of said camera undergoing testing to said input connector of said tester body and positioning said camera away from a scene selected from a group consisting of things, objects, premises, interiors, exteriors, landscape, horizon, scrolls, charts and combinations thereof for observing said scene and for generating a scene signal; displaying said scene on the basis of said scene signal onto said monitor; superimposing said measurements onto said scene displayed by said monitor into positions selected from a group comprising at least one detected position of a portion of said scene signal, highlighting at least one detected position of said scene signal, at least one position pertaining to the whole of said scene signal and at least one position pertaining to a sequencing measurements.