Device, system, and method of rapid image acquisition
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a digital imager able to acquire one or more images;
a light detector to detect, without imaging, in response to a triggering event, a light level corresponding to at least a portion of a field-of-view of the digital imager;
a controller operative to at least partly determine, based on the detected light level and a pre-programmed algorithm and without imaging, one or more configurational values of the digital imager, to transfer the determined configurational values to the digital imager, and to command the digital imager to rapidly, once turned on by a turning-on process, acquire one or more images utilizing the determined configurational values; and
a triggering unit to perform said turning-on process of the digital imager.
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Abstract
Device, system, and method of rapid image acquisition. For example, a device includes: an imager able to acquire one or more images; a light detector to detect, in response to a triggering event, a light level corresponding to at least a portion of a field-of-view of the imager; a controller to determine based on the detected light level one or more configurational values of the imager, to transfer the determined configurational values to the imager, and to command the imager to rapidly acquire one or more images utilizing the determined configurational values; and a triggering unit to perform an activation process of the apparatus.
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33 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a digital imager able to acquire one or more images; a light detector to detect, without imaging, in response to a triggering event, a light level corresponding to at least a portion of a field-of-view of the digital imager; a controller operative to at least partly determine, based on the detected light level and a pre-programmed algorithm and without imaging, one or more configurational values of the digital imager, to transfer the determined configurational values to the digital imager, and to command the digital imager to rapidly, once turned on by a turning-on process, acquire one or more images utilizing the determined configurational values; and a triggering unit to perform said turning-on process of the digital imager. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32)
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8. A system comprising:
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a detector operative for detecting, in response to a triggering event, a light level corresponding to at least a portion of a field-of-view of a digital imager; an imager pre-configurer operative for at least partly pre-determining, based on the detected light level, and a pre-programmed algorithm and without imaging, one or more configurational values of the digital imager; and
for commanding the digital imager to acquire one or more images utilizing said configurational values rather than utilizing configurational values generated by performing a digital imager calibration process initiated only after the digital imager is turned on. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 20, 29, 30)
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12. A method comprising:
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detecting, in response to a triggering event, a light level corresponding to at least a portion of a field-of-view of a digital imager; determining, based on the detected light level and a pre-programmed algorithm and without imaging, one or more configurational values of the digital imager; and commanding the digital imager to acquire one or more images utilizing the determined configurational values while avoiding a digital imager calibration process. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of acquiring an image comprising:
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detecting a light level corresponding to at least a portion of a field-of-view of a digital imager; determining, based at least on the detected light level and a pre-programmed algorithm and without imaging, one or more configurational values for the digital imager; altering a state of the digital imager to an operational mode after said steps of detecting and determining; and operating the digital imager to acquire one or more images utilizing the determined configurational values. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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33. A method comprising:
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providing a detector operative for detecting, in response to a triggering event, a light level corresponding to at least a portion of a field-of-view of a digital imager; providing a digital imager pre-configurer operative for at least partly pre-determining, based on the detected light level and a pre-programmed algorithm and without imaging, one or more configurational values of the digital imager; and
for commanding the digital imager to acquire one or more images utilizing said configurational values rather than utilizing configurational values generated by performing a digital imager calibration process initiated only after the digital imager is turned on.
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