WO1999048286A3 - Image pick-up apparatus including a correction unit - Google Patents

Image pick-up apparatus including a correction unit Download PDF

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WO1999048286A3
WO1999048286A3 PCT/IB1999/000373 IB9900373W WO9948286A3 WO 1999048286 A3 WO1999048286 A3 WO 1999048286A3 IB 9900373 W IB9900373 W IB 9900373W WO 9948286 A3 WO9948286 A3 WO 9948286A3
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electrical charges
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Christianus G L M Nederpelt
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Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv
Philips Svenska Ab
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Priority to JP54676199A priority patent/JP2002509674A/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05G—X-RAY TECHNIQUE
    • H05G1/00—X-ray apparatus involving X-ray tubes; Circuits therefor
    • H05G1/08—Electrical details
    • H05G1/26—Measuring, controlling or protecting
    • H05G1/30—Controlling
    • H05G1/36—Temperature of anode; Brightness of image power
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N5/00—Details of television systems
    • H04N5/30—Transforming light or analogous information into electric information
    • H04N5/32—Transforming X-rays

Abstract

The image pick-up apparatus (1) is provided with an image sensor (2) which includes a plurality of photoelectric elements which convert radiation into electrical charges. A control system (4) is arranged to read out separately electrical charges representing brightness values of the image and electrical charges representing smear. The read-out unit is arranged to derive a correction signal (SC) from the electrical charges representing smear and to derive a primary image signal (PS) from the electrical charges representing brightness values of the image. The correction unit derives a corrected image signal (VS) from the primary image signal and the correction signal. The control system (4) is especially arranged to derive the correction signal from the largest electrical charges from among the electrical charges representing smear, so that only a comparatively small number of electrical charges need be read out so as to obtain the correction signal. Preferably, the electrical charges are read out while radiation is incident on the image sensor so that only a very short period of time is required to read out the image sensor and to derive the corrected image signal.
PCT/IB1999/000373 1998-03-19 1999-03-04 Image pick-up apparatus including a correction unit WO1999048286A2 (en)

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EP99903881A EP0983685A2 (en) 1998-03-19 1999-03-04 Image pick-up apparatus including a correction unit
JP54676199A JP2002509674A (en) 1998-03-19 1999-03-04 Image pickup device including correction unit

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US4567524A (en) * 1982-08-13 1986-01-28 Rca Corporation Smear reduction in CCD imagers using empty well clocking
EP0232593A2 (en) * 1985-11-15 1987-08-19 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Photoelectric transducer apparatus
EP0398228A2 (en) * 1989-05-15 1990-11-22 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Solid image pickup apparatus for eliminating smear
EP0748113A2 (en) * 1995-06-05 1996-12-11 Eastman Kodak Company Smear correction of CCD imager using active pixels
WO1997011554A1 (en) * 1995-09-19 1997-03-27 Philips Electronics N.V. Interline ccd sensor arrangement
WO1997023090A2 (en) * 1995-12-18 1997-06-26 Philips Electronics N.V. X-ray examination apparatus including an image sensor matrix with a correction unit
WO1998002021A1 (en) * 1996-07-08 1998-01-15 Philips Electronics N.V. Correction of fixed pattern noise

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4567524A (en) * 1982-08-13 1986-01-28 Rca Corporation Smear reduction in CCD imagers using empty well clocking
EP0232593A2 (en) * 1985-11-15 1987-08-19 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Photoelectric transducer apparatus
EP0398228A2 (en) * 1989-05-15 1990-11-22 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Solid image pickup apparatus for eliminating smear
EP0748113A2 (en) * 1995-06-05 1996-12-11 Eastman Kodak Company Smear correction of CCD imager using active pixels
WO1997011554A1 (en) * 1995-09-19 1997-03-27 Philips Electronics N.V. Interline ccd sensor arrangement
WO1997023090A2 (en) * 1995-12-18 1997-06-26 Philips Electronics N.V. X-ray examination apparatus including an image sensor matrix with a correction unit
WO1998002021A1 (en) * 1996-07-08 1998-01-15 Philips Electronics N.V. Correction of fixed pattern noise

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