A CMOS imager for light blobs detection and processing

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 568-571

  Gonzalez, J L ^a   Sadowski, D ^b   Kaler, K V I S ^a   Mintchev, M P ^a,b   Yadid Pecht, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS ACTIVE PIXEL SENSORS; CMOS IMAGER; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; DIAMETER ESTIMATION; DYNAMIC INFORMATION; IMAGER CHIPS; IMAGERS; IMPEDANCE SENSORS; PRESSURE DYNAMICS; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGLE CHIPS;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; EDGE DETECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL SENSORS;

LIGHT;

EID: 34547989331     PISSN: 02714310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISCAS.2005.1464651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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