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digital image consists of certain number of pixels which are the smallest
entity of an image. We can say that greater the number of pixels greater is
the detail content of the image.
Image Formation Phenomenon Using CMOS (Complementary Metal
Oxide Semiconductor): The CMOS sensor consists of pixels of which the
main component is the photodiode. The Photodiode converts the incoming
energy of the photons into electrical charge. Since photodiodes are
monochromatic and cannot differentiate between the colors therefore each
pixel is covered by a micro-lens which only measures the one primary color
or we can say it filters out the other colors.
Out of the total number of pixels on the CMOS sensor, 25% of the pixels
measure the intensity for Red component of the light, 25% of them for Blue
and 50% for Green. Green constitutes for the 50% as our eyes are most
sensitive to this part of the spectrum.
Missing color information in each pixel are estimated by the software and
these approximations reduce the sharpness in the image and introduces
inaccuracies called Demosaic Artifacts.
After the photons hit the pixels, the A to D converter classifies the analogue
voltage of each pixel into one level on 256 level scale and assigns a digital
value to it. In binary 00000000 for 0 level and 11111111 for 255 level (0255), hence representing an 8 bit digital image.
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Computer Vision
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Color bit depth is calculated by 256 * 256 * 256 = 16777216 color values.
Example RGB value (200,150, 50) = (11001000, 10010110, 00110010)
digital.
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