Concurrent dual pipeline for acquisition, processing and transmission of digital video and high resolution digital still photographs
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1. A method for concurrently acquiring, processing, and transmitting digital video and still images, comprising:
- acquiring video frames from one or more image sensors;
processing the video frames using a video pipeline, wherein the video pipeline includes one or more processors;
temporarily storing the video frames in a frame buffer when one or more high resolution still images are acquired during the video frame acquisition; and
processing the high resolution still images using a still image pipeline, wherein the still image pipeline runs concurrently with the video pipeline.
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Abstract
A digital video camera system may utilize a concurrent dual video and still image pipeline that simultaneously acquires, processes, transmits and/or stores digital video and high resolution digital still image photographs. The concurrent dual pipeline may include a video pipeline optimized for digital video and a still image pipeline optimized for high resolution digital still images. As a result, high resolution still image photographs may be acquired during video recording without any interference with the video recording or any impact on the quality of the video or the still image photographs.
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1. A method for concurrently acquiring, processing, and transmitting digital video and still images, comprising:
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acquiring video frames from one or more image sensors;
processing the video frames using a video pipeline, wherein the video pipeline includes one or more processors;
temporarily storing the video frames in a frame buffer when one or more high resolution still images are acquired during the video frame acquisition; and
processing the high resolution still images using a still image pipeline, wherein the still image pipeline runs concurrently with the video pipeline. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A concurrent dual video and still image pipeline for a video camera system, comprising:
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one or more image sensors capable of acquiring video frames and high resolution still images, wherein the high resolution still images are acquired during the video frame acquisition;
a sensor controller capable of storing the video frames into a memory;
one or more processors capable of concurrently processing the video frames and the high resolution still images, wherein the video frames are processed using a video pipeline, and the high resolution still images are processed using a still image pipeline, and wherein the video pipeline runs concurrently with the still image pipeline;
a frame buffer capable of temporarily storing the video frames when the high resolution still images are being processed. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer readable medium providing instructions for concurrently acquiring, processing, and transmitting digital video and high resolution still images, the instructions comprising:
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acquiring video frames from one or more image sensors;
processing the video frames using a video pipeline, wherein the video pipeline includes one or more processors;
temporarily storing the video frames in a frame buffer when one or more high resolution still images are acquired during the video frame acquisition; and
processing the high resolution still images using a still image pipeline, wherein the still image pipeline runs concurrently with the video pipeline.
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21. A method for processing digital video and still images, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring video frames from one or more image sensors;
processing the video frames using a video pipeline, wherein the video pipeline includes one or more processors;
storing the video frames in a frame buffer while one or more high resolution still images are acquired during the video frame acquisition; and
processing the high resolution still images using a still image pipeline, wherein still image processing, including image compression, performed by the still image pipeline on said one or more high resolution images runs concurrently with video processing, including image compression, performed by the video pipeline on said video frames. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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