US 12,015,870 B2
X-ray onset detector for intraoral dental sensor
Glen L. Collier, Morgan Hill, CA (US); Stephen W. Mims, San Diego, CA (US); George Y. Wang, San Jose, CA (US); Kun Zhao, Milpitas, CA (US); and Stanley K. Searing, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by BAE Systems Imaging Solutions Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/817,146.
Prior Publication US 2024/0048667 A1, Feb. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 5/32 (2023.01); A61B 6/51 (2024.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 5/32 (2013.01) [A61B 6/512 (2024.01); H04N 25/50 (2023.01); H04N 25/702 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
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1. An x-ray detector comprising:
an accumulator circuit configured to calculate a plurality of superpixel values, each of the superpixel values based on a sum of pixel values of a set of pixels associated with the superpixel value, the set of pixels selected from a detection row of a current frame of a sensor, wherein the set of pixels associated with each of the plurality of superpixel values is selected as a set of the pixels of the detection row that are interleaved with pixels associated with another of the plurality of superpixels values;
a comparator circuit configured to calculate a difference between each of the plurality of superpixel values and a corresponding stored superpixel value generated from a previous frame of the sensor;
a thresholding circuit configured to determine if the differences exceed a superpixel threshold value and to increment a hit counter in response to the determination; and
a detection circuit configured to generate a detection signal in response to a determination that the hit counter exceeds a hit count threshold.