Patent ID: 7773126

Claim:
An imaging system comprising a camera including a lens and a focal planar array (FPA) for capturing at least one image frame having a plurality of sub-image frames, wherein each sub-image frame includes multiple pixel values corresponding to photonic intensities of the captured image frame, wherein the captured image frame is an image frame having a number of rows of pixel data that is the same as a number of rows of pixel data defined by the FPA, an embedded atomic clock (EAC) integrated in one single unit with the camera for providing time code data, a multiplexer for combining the multiple pixel values of each of the sub-image frames with the time code data, and an input/output module integrated in the one single unit for providing both, the time code data and the multiple pixel values of each of the sub-image frames as an output signal from the one single unit, wherein the output signal includes a sequence of a first time code data with a first sub-image frame and a second time code data with a second sub-image frame, and the first and second sub-image frames defined, respectively, by a first predetermined number of rows of pixel data and a second predetermined number of rows of pixel data, the first and second predetermined number of rows of pixel data forming a number of rows of pixel data that are less than or equal to the number of rows of pixel data defined by the FPA, and the first and second time code data correspond to times of capture of the first and second sub-image frames, respectively.