
Falcon 4M Camera Manual
03-032-20044-03
Teledyne DALSA
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The color cam era m od el has a Bayer filter ap p lied to the CMOS sensor to allow for color
sep aration. Each ind ivid u al p ixel is covered by either a red , green, or blu e filter as show n
in the figu re below . The cam era ou tp u ts raw color d ata--no color interp olation is
p erform ed . Fu ll RGB im ages can be obtained by p erform ing color interp olation on the
fram e grabber or host PC.
Figure 2: Color Sensor Block Diagram
Row 2
0
Tap 2
Column 235
Row 2
49
Tap 1
Column 23
Row 1
Column 1
Tap 1
Row 1
Column 2
Tap 2
Row 1
Column 3
Tap 3
Row 1
Column 2351
Tap 3
Row 1
Column 2350
Tap 2
Row 1
Column 2349
Tap 1
Row 2
Column 1
Tap 1
Row 2
Column 2
Tap 2
Row 2
Column 3
Tap 3
Row 2
1
Tap 3
Column 235
Row 1727
Column 2351
Tap 3
Row 1727
Column 2350
Tap 2
Row 1727
Column 2349
Tap 1
Row 1727
Column 3
Tap 3
Row 1727
Column 2
Tap 2
Row 1727
Column 1
Tap 1
Row 1727
Column 2352
Tap 4
Row 2
Tap 4
Column 2352
Row 1
Column 2352
Tap 4
Row 1728
Column 1
Tap 1
Row 1728
Column 2
Tap 2
Row 1728
Column 3
Tap 3
Row 1728
Column 2349
Tap 1
Row 1728
Column 2350
Tap 2
Row 1728
Column 2351
Tap 3
Row 1728
Column 2352
Tap 4
Pixel
1
Pixel read out direction is left to right then bottom to top
Row 1
Column 4
Tap 4
Row 2
Column 4
Tap 4
Row 1727
Column 4
Tap 4
Row 1728
Column 4
Tap 4
R
B
GB
R
B
GR
R
B
R
B
GR
GR
GR
GR
B
B
R
R
GR
GR
B
B
R
R
GR
GB
GB
GB
GB
GB
GB
GB
GB: Green-Blue
B: Blue
R: Red
GR: Green-Red
Camera Readout and Coordinates
The cam era read ou t begins w ith p ixel 1 and read s ou t su ccessive p ixels from left to right
u ntil the entire row is com p leted . This p rocess is rep eated w ith each su ccessive row in the
fram e. Pixel coord inates are exp ressed as colu m n and row s, w here the first p ixel‘s
coord inates are 1, 1 and the last p ixel‘s coord inates are 2352, 1728.
Figure 3: 4M60 Pixel Readout Detail
Row 1
Column 1
Tap 1
Row 1
Column 2
Tap 2
Row 1
Column 3
Tap 3
Pixel
1
Row 1
Column 4
Tap 4
Figure 4: 4M30 Pixel Readout Detail
Row 1
Column 1
Tap 1
Row 1
Column 2
Tap 2
Row 1
Column 3
Tap 1
Pixel
1
Row 1
Column 4
Tap 2