Method and system for image editing in a mobile multimedia processor

• US 20060181547A1
• Filed: 01/17/2006
• Published: 08/17/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP PTE Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Loo, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US11/332,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20060181547A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/147 Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals selecting H04Q

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for image editing in a mobile multimedia processor and may include editing image data within a mobile multimedia chip comprising an integrated image editor. At least a portion of the image data may be acquired for the editing from at least one of a plurality of storage devices. The at least one of the plurality of storage devices may be integrated within the mobile multimedia chip, and/or may be located external to the mobile multimedia chip. The mobile multimedia chip may be integrated within a mobile device with a visual display that displays at least a portion of the edited image data. The image data may be edited within the mobile multimedia chip independent of a file format associated within the image data.

Claims

1. A method for processing multimedia information, the method comprising editing image data within a mobile multimedia chip comprising an integrated image editor.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising acquiring at least a portion of said image data for said editing from at least one of a plurality of storage devices.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said at least one of said plurality of storage devices is one of the following:

integrated within said mobile multimedia chip, and located external to said mobile multimedia chip.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said mobile multimedia chip is integrated within a mobile device comprising a visual display that displays at least a portion of said edited image data.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising editing said image data within a mobile multimedia chip independent of a file format associated with said image data.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising editing said image data within said mobile multimedia chip independent of a source location of said image data.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising editing raw pixel data of said image data, within said mobile multimedia chip.

8. The method according to claim 1, further comprising editing said image data within said mobile multimedia chip utilizing at least one plugin that interfaces within said mobile multimedia chip.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising converting at least a portion of said image data by said mobile multimedia chip from a native image format of said image data to an image format compliant with said mobile multimedia chip for said editing.

10. The method according to claim 1, further comprising editing said image data using a striping method based on a format of said image data.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein said image data comprises video data.

12. A system for processing multimedia information, the system comprising an image editor integrated within a mobile multimedia chip that edits image data received within said mobile multimedia chip.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein said image editor integrated within said mobile multimedia chip acquires at least a portion of said image data for said editing from at least one of a plurality of storage devices.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein said at least one of said plurality of storage devices is one of the following:

integrated within said mobile multimedia chip, and located external to said mobile multimedia chip.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein said image editor integrated within said mobile multimedia chip is integrated within a mobile device comprising a visual display that displays at least a portion of said edited image data.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein said image editor integrated within said mobile multimedia chip edits said image data independent of a file format associated with said image data.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein said image editor integrated within said mobile multimedia chip edits said image data independent of a source location of said image data.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein said image editor integrated within said mobile multimedia chip edits raw pixel data of said image data.

19. The system according to claim 12, wherein said image editor integrated within said mobile multimedia chip edits said image data utilizing at least one plugin that interfaces within said mobile multimedia chip.

20. The system according to claim 12, wherein said image editor integrated within said mobile multimedia chip converts at least a portion of said image data from a native image format of said image data to an image format compliant with said mobile multimedia chip for said editing.

21. The system according to claim 12, wherein said image editor integrated within said mobile multimedia chip edits said image data using a striping method based on a format of said image data.