CMOS image sensor apparatus with on-chip real-time pipelined JPEG compression module
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1. A CMOS imaging device integrated on a single chip, comprising:
- a CMOS image sensor;
a color image processing module; and
an image compression module.
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Abstract
A CMOS imager in which a CMOS image sensor, a color image processing module and an image compression module are all provided on a single die. Both the color image processing module and the image compression module incorporate pipelined architectures to process the image data at a video rate in a massively parallel fashion.
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25 Claims
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1. A CMOS imaging device integrated on a single chip, comprising:
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a CMOS image sensor;
a color image processing module; and
an image compression module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A process for processing image data from a CMOS imager device, comprising the steps of:
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converting an image to image data using a CMOS image sensor;
color image processing said image data from first format which is native to a CMOS imager to a second format more suitable for image compression; and
compressing the image data using a processing module having a pipelined architecture for processing image data in a parallel fashion at video rates without requiring a full frame memory buffer. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A processing system, comprising:
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a processor for receiving and processing image data; and
an image data generator for supplying image data to the processor, the image data generator comprising a CMOS image sensor;
a color image processing module; and
an image compression module.
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