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DIGITAL CAMERA WITH REDUCED IMAGE BUFFER MEMORY AND MINIMAL PROCESSING FOR RECYCLING THROUGH A SERVICE CENTER

  • US 20100020199A1
  • Filed: 10/01/2009
  • Published: 01/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of processing a frame of data from a sensor of an image thereon within a hand-held camera having a two-dimensional array of photodetecting elements that generate data, in a plurality of primary colors, comprising within the camera:

  • reading the image data from the photodetecting elements in a time sequence in different ones of the primary colors,writing the image data of different ones of the primary colors into a first memory in the order read from the photodetector in sequential strips across the image,reading the image data of individual image strips from the first memory in groups of image data of different ones of the plurality of primary colors,wherein the writing and reading occur at rates wherein less than fifteen percent of the frame of image data are stored in the first memory at one time,compressing the groups of image data of different ones of the plurality of primary colors within individual strips across the image read from of the first memory, andstoring the compressed groups of image data in a second memory within the camera that is non-volatile.

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