Allied Vision Pike F-032B/C, Technical Manual

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Pike Technical Manual V5.2.0
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Description of the data path
Color cameras
Channel balance
All KODAK Pike sensors and the SONY sensor (of Pike F-505) are read out via two
channels: the first channel for the left half of the image and the second channel
for the right half of the image (divided by a central vertical line).
All KODAK equipped cameras come with a sensor-specific pre-adjusted channel
balance.
However in some cases it may be advantageous to carry out a fine adjustment
with the so-called channel balance.
To carry out a gain adjustment in an advanced register: see Table 174: Advanced
register: Channel balance on page 340.
To carry out a dual-tap offset adjustment in an advanced register: see Table
175: Advanced register: Dual-tap offset adjustment on page 340
Figure 68: Block diagram color camera
Note

Pike F-1100 and Pike F-1600 can also be used in single-tap
readout mode, to prevent channel balance related problems.
See Sensor digitization taps (Pike F-1100/1600 only) on page
348ff.
Sensor Analog
Gain
Analog
Offset
Analog 14 bit
Channel
balance
14 bit
White balance
14 bit
Horizontal
mirror
16 bit
HIROSE I/O
RS
232
Test
-P
att
ern
Color
interpolation
8 bit
Sharpness
8 bit
Hue
Saturation
Color correction
Color conversion
8 bit
IEEE 1394b
interface
1394b
Camera control
Frame
memory
16 bit
HSNR
control
14 bit
Horizontal
sub-sampling
14 bit
Horizontal
masking
14 bit
LUT
14 bit
Shading
correction
14 b
it
Camera control
ADC