Imaging device analysis methods, imaging device analysis systems, and articles of manufacture
First Claim
1. An imaging device analysis method comprising:
- providing a plurality of first responsivity values corresponding to a first responsivity function of an imaging device;
first determining that error associated with the first responsivity values is unacceptable;
providing a plurality of second responsivity values corresponding to a second responsivity function of the imaging device responsive to the first determining, wherein the providing the second responsivity values comprises constraining the second responsivity values to comprise values of the same sign;
second determining error associated with the second responsivity values; and
selecting the second responsivity values responsive to the second determining yielding acceptable error.
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Abstract
Imaging device analysis methods, imaging device analysis systems, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one embodiment, an imaging device analysis method includes providing a plurality of first responsivity values corresponding to a first responsivity function of an imaging device, first determining that error associated with the first responsivity values is unacceptable, providing a plurality of second responsivity values corresponding to a second responsivity function of the imaging device responsive to the first determining, wherein the providing the second responsivity values comprises constraining the second responsivity values to comprise values of the same sign, second determining error associated with the second responsivity values, and selecting the second responsivity values responsive to the second determining yielding acceptable error.
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40 Claims
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1. An imaging device analysis method comprising:
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providing a plurality of first responsivity values corresponding to a first responsivity function of an imaging device;
first determining that error associated with the first responsivity values is unacceptable;
providing a plurality of second responsivity values corresponding to a second responsivity function of the imaging device responsive to the first determining, wherein the providing the second responsivity values comprises constraining the second responsivity values to comprise values of the same sign;
second determining error associated with the second responsivity values; and
selecting the second responsivity values responsive to the second determining yielding acceptable error. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An imaging device analysis method comprising:
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accessing light source data comprising spectral power distribution information regarding light provided by a light source;
accessing response data comprising information generated by an imaging device responsive to reception of the light provided by the light source; and
processing the light source data and the response data to generate a plurality of responsivity values of a responsivity function of the imaging device, wherein all of the responsivity values are generated using the light source data and the response data and comprise values of the same sign. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An imaging device analysis system comprising:
processing circuitry configured to generate a plurality of first responsivity values of the same sign corresponding to a first predictive responsivity function of an imaging device, to calculate a first error value using the first responsivity values and image data generated by the imaging device responsive to received light, to identify a plurality of second responsivity values of the same sign corresponding to a second predictive responsivity function of the imaging device responsive to the first error value being unacceptable, to calculate a second error value using the second responsivity values and the image data, and to select the second responsivity values and the second predictive responsivity function as the responsivity function for the imaging device responsive to the second error value being acceptable. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. An imaging device analysis system comprising:
processing circuitry configured to identify a plurality of predictive responsivity functions individually indicative of responsivity of an imaging device to received light, wherein individual ones of the predictive responsivity functions comprise a plurality of responsivity values, wherein the processing circuitry is constrained to identify the predictive responsivity functions individually comprising all respective responsivity values of the same sign, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to select one of the predictive responsivity functions as a responsivity function to be used by the imaging device. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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30. An imaging device analysis system comprising:
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means for accessing a plurality of initial responsivity values predictive of responsivity of an imaging device;
means for identifying other responsivity values predictive of the responsivity of the imaging device;
means for constraining the other responsivity values to comprise values of the same sign before the identification of the other responsivity values; and
means for selecting the other responsivity values to comprise a responsivity function of the imaging device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An article of manufacture comprising:
media comprising programming configured to cause processing circuitry to perform processing comprising;
providing an initial predictive responsivity function of an imaging device;
first determining an estimated response of the imaging device using the initial predictive responsivity function;
second determining an accuracy of the estimated response of the imaging device;
responsive to the second determining, searching to identify another predictive responsivity function; and
constraining the searching to other predictive responsivity functions individually comprising all responsivity values of the same sign. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40)
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