A contact image sensor, or CIS, is a specialized type of line scan sensor used in check scanners. While line-scan sensors in general are used to capture images of moving

A line-scan sensor is a specialized technology that uses a row of sensors to capture a digital image in one-pixel “slices” taken in rapid succession. This requires that either the

An area scan, or area array, camera is what most of us would call a “regular” camera. It uses a single exposure to capture an image of a 2D area