Rainbow Electronics ATMOS™ 1M60 - Manual (Page 14)

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5.7 Look- up Table (LUT)
The look-up Table is a conversion table which applies to the sensor data. At each input pixel
value corresponds a single output value. This allows you to apply a correction table like a
gamma correction for example.
The Look-up Table might be generated by the camera by programming the gamma setting:
• Gamma 0.125 to 7.875: code 1 to 63 (0 not admitted)
You might also write your own correction table via the serial communication channel. Four banks
are available to store four distinct correction tables.
See register LUT Coefficient Save in Dataflash @ 10DH, Internal Register Mapping on page 17 .
See register LUT Coefficient Restore in Dataflash @ 10EH, Internal Register Mapping on page
17 .
See register Processing Control bit 2 @ 202H, Internal register mapping on page 17
5.8 Fixed Pattern Noise (FPN) Correction
The fixed pattern noise (FPN) is a spatial fluctuation of the sensor data particularly between suc-
cessive columns. The purpose is to calculate an offset for each column of the frame in the
darkness. The table of column offsets is stored in the internal memory. If the FPN correction is
then enabled the offset values are subtracted to the value of the input pixel. Two methods are
available to realize this processing: the off-line calibration and the online correction.
5.9 Off-line Calibration
A calibration step is required while the camera is in darkness condition. Offset coefficients for
each column are calculated on an average value measured on all 1024 lines. Offset coefficients
are 8-bit data. Therefore to be efficient the pixel value should be always within the values 1LSB
to 255 LSB. If not, the overflow / underflow flags are set in the status register. The calibration
step must be done in full resolution and subsampling 1. Calibration data can be saved in nonvol-
atile memory and four distinct banks are reserved for this use. You might access to these banks
in read or write mode.
See register Processing Control bits [4:3] @ 202H, Internal register mapping on page 17 .
See register Calibration Control @ 200H, Internal register mapping on page 17 .
See register FPN Coefficient Save in Dataflash @ 10BH, Internal register mapping on page 17 .
See register FPN Coefficient Restore in Dataflash @ 10CH, Internal Register Mapping on page
17 .
5.10 Online Correction
No calibration step is required. When online correction is enabled the camera calculates the off-
set coefficients for each column on masked lines and then processes the input sensor data.
These coefficients are updated at each frame. The online correction applies only in subsampling
1. The calculated values are less accurate with these methods but unlike the off-line calibration
do not depend on the settings like the analog gain.
See register Processing Control bits [4:3] @ 202H, Internal Register Mapping on page 17 .
See register FPN Coefficient Save in Dataflash @ 10BH,Internal Register Mapping on page 17 .