IP Library Granted Patent US 8,705,151
Granted Patent B2
US 8,705,151 · App. 10/818,622 · Granted Apr 22, 2014

Imaging device calibration methods, imaging device calibration instruments, imaging devices, and articles of manufacture

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Patent No.
US 8,705,151
App. No.
10/818,622
Granted
Apr 22, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Imaging device calibration methods, imaging device calibration instruments, imaging devices, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one embodiment, an imaging device calibration method includes emitting light for use in calibration of an imaging device, providing an emission characteristic of the light, sensing the light using an image sensor of the imaging device, generating sensor data indicative of the sensing using the image sensor, and determining at least one optical characteristic of the imaging device using the generated sensor data and the emission characteristic for use in calibration of the imaging device, and wherein the at least one optical characteristic corresponds to the image device used to sense the light.

Claims (4)

1. An imaging device calibration method comprising: emitting light for use in calibration of an imaging device; providing an emission characteristic of the light; sensing the light using an image sensor of the imaging device; generating sensor data indicative of the sensing using the image sensor; and determining at least one optical characteristic of the imaging device using the generated sensor data and the emission characteristic for use in calibration of the imaging device, and wherein the at least one optical characteristic corresponds to the image device used to sense the light, wherein the determining comprises determining the at least one optical characteristic comprising responsivity.

2. An imaging device calibration method comprising: emitting light for use in calibration of an imaging device; providing an emission characteristic of the light; sensing the light using an image sensor of the imaging device; generating sensor data indicative of the sensing using the image sensor; and determining at least one optical characteristic of the imaging device using the generated sensor data and the emission characteristic for use in calibration of the imaging device, and wherein the at least one optical characteristic corresponds to the image device used to sense the light, wherein the determining comprises determining the at least one optical characteristic comprising transduction.

3. An imaging device calibration method comprising: emitting light for use in calibration of an imaging device; providing an emission characteristic of the light; sensing the light using an image sensor of the imaging device; generating sensor data indicative of the sensing using the image sensor; and determining at least one optical characteristic of the imaging device using the generated sensor data and the emission characteristic for use in calibration of the imaging device, and wherein the at least one optical characteristic corresponds to the image device used to sense the light, wherein the determining comprises determining the at least one optical characteristic comprising information derived from at least one of a responsivity function and a transduction function.

4. An imaging device calibration method comprising: emitting light for use in calibration of an imaging device; providing an emission characteristic of the light; sensing the light using an image sensor of the imaging device; generating sensor data indicative of the sensing using the image sensor; and determining at least one optical characteristic of the imaging device using the generated sensor data and the emission characteristic for use in calibration of the imaging device, and wherein the at least one optical characteristic corresponds to the image device used to sense the light, wherein the emitting the light comprises simultaneously emitting different light using a plurality of light emitting devices, and the determining comprises determining the at least one optical characteristic comprising responsivity and transduction using the simultaneously emitted light.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2026
From: HP INC.
To: GENERAL VIDEO, LLC
Reel/Frame 073414/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2004
From: DICARLO, JEFFREY M.
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Reel/Frame 015187/0830 →