1. An imaging system for controlling vehicle equipment comprising: an image array sensor including a plurality of pixels, each said pixel operable to generate a signal indicative of the amount of light received on the pixel; an analog to digital converter for quantizing said signals from said pixels into a digital value; and a memory including a plurality of allocated storage locations for storing said digital values from said analog to digital converter, wherein the number of allocated storage locations in said memory is less than the number of pixels in said image array sensor.