diff --git a/src/en/sections/white-noise-adc.tex b/src/en/sections/white-noise-adc.tex index f59addb..19c468f 100644 --- a/src/en/sections/white-noise-adc.tex +++ b/src/en/sections/white-noise-adc.tex @@ -670,7 +670,25 @@ \subsection{ADC in the digital photography and video-recording} intensity of each parts of the spectrum. The acquired values then stored in the form of matrix into a file that is called -\emph{an image}. +\emph{an image}. If we take a black-and-white camera with the resolution of +16x16 pixels it will give us an image of $16 * 16 = 256$ pixels in size. If the +ADC has the resolution of 8 bits then the amount of image data can be calculated using the following equation: + +\begin{equation} + \mbox{Amount of data} = 16 * 16 * 8 = 2048 \mbox{bits} = 256 \mbox{bytes} + \label{equation:adc-image-0} +\end{equation} + +For colorful images the amount of stored data is bigger, because we need to +store three color components: red, green and blue (in the RGB format.) If we +also take the 8-bits ADC then each pixel we need to store $8 * 3 = 24$ bits of +information. Let's take another look at the example with 16x16 pixels camera +and substitute new values to the equation: + +\begin{equation} + \mbox{Amount of data} = 16 * 16 * 24 = 6144 \mbox{bits} = 768 \mbox{bytes} + \label{equation:adc-image-1} +\end{equation} \end{document}