Method for encoding and processing raw UHD video via an existing HD video architecture
AssigneeRaytheon Company
InventorsTyler Layne Hook, Carl A. Woody, Christopher J. Beardsley
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Abstract
A sensor data processing system and method performs segmentation and packing of image data from one or more ultra-high definition (UHD) image sensor for transport and processing by conventional high definition image data processing systems and pathways. The UHD image frames are segmented into a number of smaller frames and directed in parallel over the conventional HD pathways. Metadata is generated and directed along with the smaller frames. The metadata includes sufficient information for lossless reconstruction of the UHD image frames from the smaller frames.
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A sensor data processing apparatus, comprising
- processing circuitry;
- a plurality of video data input paths coupled to the processing circuitry, wherein the plurality of video data input paths includes one or more raw ultra-high definition (UHD) data input paths and one or more 720p compatible video data input paths;
- a plurality of parallel 720p compatible video data output paths coupled to the processing circuitry;
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- a video architecture turret configured to receive a plurality of streams on the one or more raw UHD data input paths and spread the raw UHD data streams across the parallel 720p compatible video data output paths in a 720p60 video format;
- wherein the processing circuitry is configured to:
- receive the video data from a plurality of sensors including receiving the raw UHD data from a UHD sensor and non-UHD video data from a non-UHD 720p compatible image sensor, wherein the raw UHD data is received in a 5120 line by 5120 8 bit pixel per line fame format;
- divide the video data including the raw UHD data and the non-UHD video data into segments, wherein the raw UHD data is packed into frames having a 5120 line by 2560 16 bit per line frame format;
- mapping each of the frames having a 5120 line by 2560 16 bit pixel per line format into sixteen frames having a 720 line by 1280 16 bit pixel per line format, wherein the mapping leaves an excess memory space of 640 lines by 1280 16 bit pixels in the sixteen frames;
- direct the segments onto the parallel 720p compatible video data output paths;
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- generate metadata including encoded information that describes how the segments were generated from the video data and facilitates reconstruction of the video data including the raw UHD data and the non-UHD video data from the segments.
A sensor data processing method comprising:
- receiving ultra high definition image data frames from an ultra-high definition sensor in a 5120 line by 5120 8 bit pixel per line frame format;
- storing the ultra-high definition image data frames into frames having a 5120 line by 2560 16 bit pixel per line format;
- mapping each of the frames having a 5120 line by 2560 16 bit pixel per line format into sixteen frames having a 720 line×1280 16 bit pixel per line format, wherein the mapping leaves an excess memory space of 640 lines by 1280 16 bit pixels in the sixteen frames;
- transporting the sixteen frames across a standard 720p 60 Hz video architecture.
A sensor data processing method comprising:
- receiving a first number of ultra high definition image data frames from an ultra-high definition sensor an 8 bit pixel per line frame format;
- storing the ultra-high definition image data frames into a second number of frames having a 16 bit pixel per line format, wherein the second number is half the first number;
- mapping each of the second number of frames having a 16 bit pixel format into a plurality of frames having a 720 line×1280 16 bit pixel per line format, wherein the mapping leaves an excess memory space in the plurality of frames;
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- transporting the plurality of frames across a standard 720p 60 Hz video architecture.
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