Image sensor bridge interface

A system, comprising:

• a host device comprising a computing core;
• and
• a peripheral device connected to the host device, the peripheral device comprising:
• an image sensor;
• an integrated circuit situated between the image sensor and the computing core of the host device;
• and
• a processor;
• the integrated circuit comprising a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA);
• the FPGA configured to:
• receive image signals captured by the image sensor;
• identify Ultraviolet (UV) and Infrared (IR) image data from the image signals;
• identify Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) image data from the image signals;
• embed the UV and IR image data within a video feed with the RGB image data;
• and
• pass the video feed to the processor using a standard video interface;
• the processor configured to:
• receive the video feed from the FPGA;
• and
• provide the video feed with the RGB image data and with embedded UV and IR image data to the computing core of the host device over a connection to the host device;
• wherein the FPGA performs one of:
• embedding of the UV and IR image data by embedding the UV and IR data within a horizontal blanking component of the video feed;
• and
• embedding of the UV and IR image data by embedding the UV and IR data within a vertical blanking component of the video feed.

An integrated circuit, comprising:

• an image sensor port to connect to an image sensor;
• a connection to a processor;
• and
• a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA);
• wherein the FPGA is configured to:
• receive image signals captured by the image sensor over the image sensor port;
• identify Ultraviolet (UV) and Infrared (IR) image data from the image signals;
• identify Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) image data from the image signals;
• embed the UV and IR image data within a video feed with the RGB image data;
• and
• pass the video feed to the processor using a standard video interface;
• wherein the FPGA performs one of:
• embedding of the UV and IR image data within a horizontal blanking component of the video feed;
• and
• embedding of the UV and IR image data within a vertical blanking component of the video feed;
• or 3) within an active video component of the video feed.