Image pickup system and storage medium
US6433820B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 28, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 28, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/8042
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
To provide a high-performance image pickup system capable of reducing an image area and effectively using a memory, in transfer of one-frame image data from an image pickup device to an image processing circuit, the one-frame image data is divided into a plurality of blocks, and the blocks are transferred. The image processing circuit temporarily stores the one-block image data in a memory circuit and performs predetermined image processing of the stored one-block image data. The image processing circuit then temporarily stores the next one-block image data in the memory circuit and performs predetermined image processing for this stored one-block image data. The predetermined image processing can be performed in units of blocks. The necessary image area can have a capacity of at least one block in the memory circuit in the image processing circuit.
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