Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting signal differences between at least two adjacent parts of a radiation-sensitive sensor, each containing a contiguous set of radiation-sensitive sites read out through a respective separate electronic processing mean, by increasing the perimeter of the border between the adjacent parts of the sensor read out through separate electronic processing means and using at least one set of adjacent values from each of the adjacent parts to compute a correction to be applied to a signal read out of at least one of the adjacent parts.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting signal differences between at least two adjacent parts of a radiation-sensitive sensor, each containing a contiguous set of radiation-sensitive sites read out through a respective separate electronic processing mean, by increasing the perimeter of the border between the adjacent parts of the sensor read out through separate electronic processing means and using at least one set of adjacent values from each of the adjacent parts to compute a correction to be applied to a signal read out of at least one of the adjacent parts.

Abstract: A device for determining an orientation of an image capture apparatus operable to capture at least one image. The device comprising an arrangement of sensors and a control unit, communicating with the arrangement of sensors. The arrangement of sensors being designed and configured to generate electrical signals characterizing a particular orientation of the image capture apparatus, at a time of image capture, and to transmit the signals from the arrangement of sensors to the control unit, thereby providing an indication of the orientation of the image capture apparatus at the time of image capture.

Abstract: A substantially pocket-sized portable control device for a digital camera, comprising: a camera interface unit, a display unit for displaying images received from the digital camera, a control unit for defining control parameters for sending to the digital camera, and a user interface, for obtaining user input for applying settings to the control unit. The device allows screen-based data input (e.g. via stylus). Conveniently the device is a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant.

Abstract: An image capture apparatus consists of an image capture sensor for capturing a current image, a memory bank for storing image data, and a memory controller. The memory bank contains two or more memory units, which store copies of images captured by the sensor. The memory controller stores newly captured images in at least two of the memory units, thus creating one or more backup copies of the image data.