Allied International V2.4.0 Digital Camera User Manual


 
OSCAR Technical Manual V2.4.0
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IO_INP_CTRL 1-2 ............................................................................................... 41
Trigger delay ....................................................................................................... 42
Outputs .................................................................................................................. 44
IO_OUTP_CTRL 1-2............................................................................................. 46
Output modes...................................................................................................... 47
Pixel data.................................................................................................................... 49
Description of the data path........................................................................52
Block diagram of the cameras......................................................................................... 52
Black and white output interpolation modes..................................................................... 53
Read out modes of the sensor......................................................................................... 53
Oscar F-320C: ICX-262AQ readout scheme ................................................................ 54
Oscar F-510C: ICX-282AQ readout scheme ................................................................ 55
Oscar F-810C: ICX-456AQ readout scheme ................................................................ 56
Frame readout implications ................................................................................... 57
White balance .............................................................................................................. 59
One-push automatic white balance ............................................................................. 61
Automatic white balance ........................................................................................... 63
Manual gain................................................................................................................. 64
Auto gain .................................................................................................................... 65
Brightness (black level or offset) .................................................................................... 67
Auto shutter ................................................................................................................ 69
Look-up table (LUT) and gamma function......................................................................... 71
Loading an LUT into the camera ................................................................................. 73
Shading correction........................................................................................................ 74
Automatic generation of correction data...................................................................... 75
Requirements ...................................................................................................... 75
Algorithm ........................................................................................................... 75
What is the real size of the shading image (MaxImageSize)?........................................... 79
Loading a shading image out of the camera ................................................................. 81
Loading a shading image into the camera .................................................................... 82
Horizontal mirror function ............................................................................................. 83
Binning (only Oscar F-510C)........................................................................................... 84
2 x Binning ............................................................................................................. 84
Vertical binning ....................................................................................................... 85
Horizontal binning ................................................................................................... 86
2 x full binning........................................................................................................ 87
Sub-sampling ............................................................................................................... 88
What is sub-sampling? .............................................................................................. 88
Which Oscar models have sub-sampling? ...................................................................... 88
Description of sub-sampling....................................................................................... 88
High SNR mode (High Signal Noise Ratio) .................................................................... 89
Sharpness.................................................................................................................... 90
Color interpolation........................................................................................................ 90
Color interpolation (BAYER demosaicing) ..................................................................... 91
Color correction............................................................................................................ 92
Why color correction? ........................................................................................... 92