Flexible digital image processing via an image processing chain with modular image processors
First Claim
1. A method for altering a linked series of image processors capable of manipulating digital image data, the method comprising:
- providing a digital image capture device with an image processing chain;
coordinating the image processing chain with an image iprocessing backplane; and
modifying the image processing chain to form a new image processing chain through a plurality of functions of the image processing backplane, including modifying through a function for deleting an image processor from the image processing chain.
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Abstract
A method for altering a linked series of image processors capable of manipulation digital image data includes providing a digital image capture device with an image processing chain, and modifying the image processing chain to form a new image processing chain. The modifying further includes deleting an image processor from the image processing chain. Alternatively, the modifying further includes altering the image processing chain with at least one externally provided image processor, inserting an image processor into the image processing chain, or replacing an image processor in the image processing chain.
In a system aspect, the system includes a digital image capture device, the digital image capture device capable of processing digital image data through two or more image processors. The system further includes a central processing unit within the digital image capture device and capable of linking the two or more image processors to form an image processing chain. The central processing unit further facilitates modification of the image processing chain to form a new image processing chain.
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17 Claims
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1. A method for altering a linked series of image processors capable of manipulating digital image data, the method comprising:
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providing a digital image capture device with an image processing chain; coordinating the image processing chain with an image iprocessing backplane; and modifying the image processing chain to form a new image processing chain through a plurality of functions of the image processing backplane, including modifying through a function for deleting an image processor from the image processing chain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for manipulating digital image data, the system comprising:
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a digital image capture device, the digital image capture device capable of processing digital image data through two or more image processors; and a central processing unit within the digital image capture device and capable of linking the two or more image processors to form an image processing chain, and coordinating the image processing chain with an image processing backplane, wherein the central processing unit facilitates modification of the image processing chain to form a new image processing chain, through a plurality of functions of the image processing backplane, including a function for deletion of an image processor from the image processing chain. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer readable medium containing program instructions for:
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providing a digital image capture device with an image processing chain; coordinating the image processing chain with an image processing backplane; and
modifying the image processing chain to form a new image processing chain through a plurality of functions of the image processing backplane, including modifying through a function for deleting an image processor from the image processing chain.
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