CAMERA COMMAND SET HOST COMMAND TRANSLATION

• US 20160088220A1
• Filed: 12/07/2015
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: CHARTRAND, Brent D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,906,713 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/005 Input arrangements through a video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/51 Source to source
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/76 Adapting program code to run in a different environment; Porting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45508 Runtime interpretation or emulation, e g. emulator loops, bytecode interpretation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00973 from a remote device, e.g. receiving via the internet instructions input to a computer terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0075 by a user operated remote control device, e.g. receiving instructions from a user via a computer terminal or mobile telephone handset
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0084 Digital still camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/617 Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/80 Camera processing pipelines; Components thereof

Abstract

The present disclosure provides techniques for translating input camera commands to device-specific commands. Camera commands may be translated by a translation engine located separately from the camera and then transferred to the camera. The translated commands may be less complex than input commands. By translating the commands, older cameras may be capable of supporting newer commands which are not natively supported.

Claims

1. An apparatus for translating imaging device commands, comprising a processor, the processor to:

retrieve a translation code from a code store to form a translation engine;

receive imaging device commands in the translation engine;

translate the imaging device commands using the translation engine, wherein the translation engine translates imaging device commands to commands specific to a configuration of a camera subsystem; and

transfer the translated imaging device commands to the imaging device to cause the behavior requested by the translated imaging device command.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising logic to determine if the received commands are natively supported by the imaging device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the translation code is executed in order to translate the imaging device commands.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the code store is located within the imaging device.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the code store is located within a platform storage coupled to a host device.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the translation engine is located remotely from the imaging device.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the translation engine is located on an interposer device, and the code store is located on at least one of the interposer device, a host device, a sensor, or any combination thereof.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the translation engine translates imaging device commands to CSI-3 Attribute Get/Set commands.

9. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the translation engine additionally translates imaging device commands to CSI-2 register read/write commands.

10. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the translation engine translates commands that are not natively supported by the imaging device.

11. A system for translating imaging device commands, comprising:

a host device;

an imaging device coupled to the host device; and

a translation engine, wherein the translation engine is created using code obtained from a codes store, and the translation engine is configured to translate imaging device commands to commands specific to a configuration of a camera subsystem.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the host device is a laptop computer, desktop computer, tablet computer, mobile device, or server, or any combinations thereof.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein an embedded processor or a sequencer within the imaging device is used to translate imaging device commands.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the code store is located within the host device.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the code store is located within the imaging device.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the code store is located within a platform storage device coupled to the host device.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation engine is located remotely from the imaging device.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation engine translates imaging device commands to CSI-3 Attribute Get/Set commands.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation engine is configured to send translated commands to the imaging device to cause the behavior requested by the translated imaging device command.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation engine is configured to translate commands not natively supported by the imaging device.

21. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation code is executed within a run-time interpreted language sandbox.

22. The system of claim 11, wherein the translation engine is located on the host device.

23. A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for translating imaging device commands, the instructions causing a computer to:

retrieve a translation code from a code store to form a translation engine;

receive input imaging device commands;

translate the input imaging device commands to CSI-3 Attribute Get/Set commands; and

send the imaging device-specific commands to an imaging device coupled to the computer, wherein the input imaging device commands are translated by a translation means to commands specific to a configuration of a camera subsystem.

24. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the translation means is a translation engine.

25. The tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the translation means is located remotely from the imaging device.