Digital image cross talk correction

1. An image processing system operable to perform cross talk correction in a first pass on a digital image arranged in a plurality of lines, the image processing system comprising:

an image sensor circuitry operable to read an image and generate the digital image based on the image;

a processing circuitry communicatively coupled to the image sensor circuitry; and

a line buffer circuitry communicatively coupled to the processing circuitry, the line buffer circuitry comprising a plurality of line buffers;

wherein the processing circuitry performs cross talk correction on a first pixel during the first pass to generate a first cross talk corrected pixel, wherein said first pixel is contained within a first line comprising a first plurality of pixels, the first line is received from a first line buffer of the plurality of line buffers;

wherein, during the first pass, the processing circuitry stores the first cross talk corrected pixel in the line buffer circuitry, retrieves the first cross talk corrected pixel from the line buffer circuitry, and uses the first cross talk corrected pixel to perform cross talk correction on a second pixel to generate a second cross talk corrected pixel, wherein the second pixel is contained within a second line comprising a second plurality of pixels, the second line is received from a second line buffer of the plurality of line buffers.

2. The image processing system of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry stores the second cross talk corrected pixel in the line buffer circuitry, retrieves the second cross talk corrected pixel from the line buffer circuitry, and uses the first cross talk corrected pixel and the second cross talk corrected pixel to perform cross talk correction on a third pixel to generate a third cross talk corrected pixel, wherein the third pixel is contained within a third line comprising a third plurality of pixels, the third line is received from a third line buffer of the plurality of line buffers.

3. The image processing system of claim 2 , wherein the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel are aligned along a predetermined trajectory.

4. The image processing system of claim 2 , wherein the processing circuitry stores the third cross talk corrected pixel in the line buffer circuitry, retrieves the third cross talk corrected pixel from the line buffer circuitry, and uses the first cross talk corrected pixel, the second cross talk corrected pixel and the third cross talk corrected pixel to perform cross talk correction on a fourth pixel to generate a fourth cross talk corrected pixel, wherein the fourth pixel is contained within a fourth line comprising a fourth plurality of pixels, the fourth line is received from a fourth line buffer of the plurality of line buffers.

5. The image processing system of claim 4 , wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, and the fourth pixel are aligned along a predetermined trajectory.

6. A method of performing cross talk correction in a first pass on a digital image arranged in a plurality of lines, the method comprising:

performing cross talk correction on a first pixel during the first pass to generate a first cross talk corrected pixel, wherein said first pixel is contained within a first line of the plurality of lines in a line buffer, the first line comprising a first plurality of pixels;

storing the first cross talk corrected pixel in the line buffer during the first pass;

retrieving the first cross talk corrected pixel from the line buffer during the first pass;

using the first cross talk corrected pixel to perform cross talk correction on a second pixel during the first pass to generate a second cross talk corrected pixel, wherein the second pixel is contained within a second line of the plurality of line comprising a second plurality of pixels.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

storing the second cross talk corrected pixel in the line buffer;

retrieving the second cross talk corrected pixel from the line buffer;

using the first cross talk corrected pixel and the second cross talk corrected pixel to perform cross talk correction on a third pixel to generate a third cross talk corrected pixel, wherein the third pixel is contained within a third line of the plurality of line comprising a third plurality of pixels.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel are aligned along a predetermined trajectory.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are aligned along a predetermined trajectory.