Patent Document ID: 7745771
Application ID: 11732296
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of synchronizing an actively illuminated imaging system comprising: employing one of a global shutter imager and a rolling shutter imager; segmenting an image scene into a plurality of image scene portions comprising a first image scene portion and a second image scene portion; sequentially illuminating the first image scene portion and the second image scene portion, wherein the first image scene portion is illuminated when an imager is actively collecting photogenerated charge as a function of light reflected from the first image scene portion, and the second image scene portion is illuminated when the imager is actively collecting photogenerated charge as a function of light reflected from the second image scene portion, wherein a time period of illuminating the first image scene portion is substantially equal to a time period of illuminating the second image scene portion; and sequentially reading out pixels of the imager to produce an image, such that the segmented image scene portions form the image.