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Lighting and synchronization

How pulsed lighting helps reduce rolling shutter artifacts

Why the sequential readout of a sensor can distort moving objects, and how pulsed, synchronized LEDs reduce these artifacts under specific acquisition conditions.

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Vision Research

The text explains why the sequential readout of a sensor can distort the appearance of moving objects. It presents the use of pulsed, synchronized LEDs as a way to reduce these artifacts under specific acquisition conditions. It helps in understanding the relationship between sensor timing, exposure and lighting.

Source and authorship

  • Type: white paper
  • Source: Vision Research | Phantom
  • Author: Kyle D. Gilroy
  • Date of the original: February 16, 2026
  • Original title: Mitigating Rolling Shutter Motion Artifacts with Synchronized Pulsed LEDs

This text is an editorial summary of the original, not a full reproduction.

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