Transceiver with image capture device
First Claim
1. A communication terminal comprising:
- a transceiver arranged to discontinuously transmit data from the terminal;
an image sensor comprising a plurality of image-sensing regions, each image-sensing region being capable of being reset, and subsequently being read to provide data indicative of light incident on the image-sensing region since it was last reset; and
image capture means coupled to the Image capture device and arranged to capture image data from each of the image-sensing regions by resetting and subsequently reading the image-sensing regions, and being arranged to, when the transceiver is in operation for discontinuous data transmission, reset and/or read at least some of the image-sensing regions only when the transceiver is not transmitting data from the terminal.
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Abstract
A communication terminal including a transceiver arranged to discontinuously transmit data from the terminal; an image sensor including a plurality of image-sensing regions, each image-sensing region being capable of being reset, and subsequently being read to provide data indicative of light incident on the image-sensing region since it was last reset; and image capture means coupled to the image capture device and arranged to capture image data from each of the image-sensing regions by resetting and subsequently reading the image-sensing regions, and being arranged to, when the transceiver is in operation for discontinuous data transmission, reset and/or read at least some of the image-sensing regions only when the transceiver is not transmitting data from the terminal.
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14 Claims
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1. A communication terminal comprising:
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a transceiver arranged to discontinuously transmit data from the terminal;
an image sensor comprising a plurality of image-sensing regions, each image-sensing region being capable of being reset, and subsequently being read to provide data indicative of light incident on the image-sensing region since it was last reset; and
image capture means coupled to the Image capture device and arranged to capture image data from each of the image-sensing regions by resetting and subsequently reading the image-sensing regions, and being arranged to, when the transceiver is in operation for discontinuous data transmission, reset and/or read at least some of the image-sensing regions only when the transceiver is not transmitting data from the terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of operating a communication terminal comprising:
- a transceiver arranged to discontinuously transmit data from the terminal;
an image sensor comprising a plurality of image-sensing regions, each image-sensing region being capable of being reset, and subsequently being read to provide data indicative of light incident on the image sensing region since it was last reset; and
image capture means coupled to the image capture device and arranged to capture image data from each of the image-sensing regions by resetting and subsequently reading the image-sensing regions, and being arranged to, when the transceiver is in operation for discontinuous data transmission, reset and/or read at least some of the image-sensing regions only when the transceiver is not transmitting data from the terminal;
the method comprising the following steps;
resetting at least some of the image-sensing regions when the transceiver is not transmitting data from the terminal;
transmitting data from the terminal by means of the transceiver; and
capturing image data from the said at least some of the image-sensing regions when the transceiver is not transmitting data from the terminal to obtain data indicative of light incident on the image-sensing region since the said resetting.
- a transceiver arranged to discontinuously transmit data from the terminal;
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14. (canceled)
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