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8.2.1
Vertical binning
Vertical binning increases the light sensitivity of the camera by a factor of two by
adding together the values of two adjoining vertical pixels output as a single pixel. At
the same time this normally improves signal to noise separation by about 2 dB.
Figure 34 Vertical binning
This reduces vertical resolution to 618 lines.
If vertical binning is activated the image may appear to be over-exposed and must be
corrected.
The color sensor used in the F-201C also enables full binning with regard to the Bayer
mosaic color filter. Even lines and even rows and odd lines and odd rows are combined,
not neighboring ones, thus always appropriate color pixels are combined.
8.2.2
Horizontal binning
In horizontal binning adjacent horizontal pixels in a line are combined in pairs.
This means that in horizontal binning the light sensitivity of the camera is also
increased by a factor of two (6 dB). Signal to noise separation improves by approx. 3
dB. Horizontal resolution is lowered to 696 pixels.
Figure 35 Horizontal binning
8.2.3
Full binning
If horizontal and vertical binning are combined, every 4 pixels are consolidated into a
single pixel. At first two horizontal pixels are put together and then combined
vertically.