Digital camera system incorporating VLIM image processor
First Claim
1. A hand-held digital camera device comprising:
- a programmable processing circuitry incorporating a four-way parallel VLIW vector processor;
an image sensor interface connected to the programmable processing circuitry and configured to receive signals from an image sensor and pass data representing the signals to the programmable processing circuitry; and
a printhead interface connected to the programmable processing circuitry and configured to receive the data from the programmable processing circuitry and generate control signals to be received by a printhead of a printing mechanism, whereinthe programmable processing circuitry, the image sensor interface and the printhead interface all form part of CMOS integrated circuitry provided on a common wafer, andan instruction set of the four-way parallel VLIW vector processor contains instructions tuned for image manipulation processing.
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Abstract
A hand-held digital camera device includes a programmable processing circuitry incorporating a four-way parallel VLIW vector processor; an image sensor interface connected to the programmable processing circuitry and configured to receive signals from an image sensor and pass data representing the signals to the programmable processing circuitry; and a printhead interface connected to the programmable processing circuitry and configured to receive data from the programmable processing circuitry and generate control signals to be received by a printhead of a printing mechanism. The programmable processing circuitry, the image sensor interface and the printhead interface all form part of CMOS integrated circuitry provided on a common wafer. An instruction set of the VLIW vector processor is tuned for image manipulation processing.
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3 Claims
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1. A hand-held digital camera device comprising:
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a programmable processing circuitry incorporating a four-way parallel VLIW vector processor; an image sensor interface connected to the programmable processing circuitry and configured to receive signals from an image sensor and pass data representing the signals to the programmable processing circuitry; and a printhead interface connected to the programmable processing circuitry and configured to receive the data from the programmable processing circuitry and generate control signals to be received by a printhead of a printing mechanism, wherein the programmable processing circuitry, the image sensor interface and the printhead interface all form part of CMOS integrated circuitry provided on a common wafer, and an instruction set of the four-way parallel VLIW vector processor contains instructions tuned for image manipulation processing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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