Delayed encoding based joint video and still image pipeling with still burst mode
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorPere Obrador
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Abstract
A digital video camera system may utilize a joint video and still image pipeline that simultaneously acquires, processes, transmits and/or stores digital video and high resolution digital still image photographs. The joint pipeline may include a video pipeline optimized for digital video frames and a high resolution still image pipeline optimized for high resolution digital still images. The digital video camera system may also concurrently acquire and process video frames and high resolution still image in burst mode using delayed encoding technology.
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A method for concurrently processing digital video frames and high resolution still images in burst mode, comprising:
- acquiring with high priority video frames and high resolution still images in burst mode from one or more image sensors;
- storing with high priority the video frames and the high resolution still images in raw format in a memory during acquisition of the high resolution still images in burst mode;
- processing with low priority the video frames stored in the memory using a video pipeline;
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- processing with low priority the high resolution still images acquired during the burst mode using a high resolution still image pipeline, wherein the high resolution still image pipeline runs concurrently with the video pipeline.
A joint video and still image pipeline for a video camera system, comprising:
- one or more image sensors capable of concurrently acquiring with high priority video frames and high resolution still images in burst mode;
- a sensor controller capable of storing with high priority the video frames and the high resolution still images acquired during the burst mode in raw format into a memory;
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- one or more processors capable of concurrently processing with low priority the video frames and the high resolution still images acquired during the burst mode, wherein the video frames are processed using a video pipeline, and the high resolution still images are processed using a high resolution still image pipeline, and wherein the video pipeline runs concurrently with the high resolution still image pipeline.
A computer readable medium providing instructions for concurrently processing digital video frames and high resolution still images in burst mode, the instructions comprising:
- acquiring with high priority video frames and high resolution still images in burst mode from one or more image sensors;
- storing with high priority the video frames and the high resolution still images in raw format in a memory during acquisition of the high resolution still images in burst mode;
- processing with low priority the video frames stored in the memory using a video pipeline;
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- processing with low priority the high resolution still images acquired during the burst mode using a high resolution still image pipeline, wherein the high resolution still image pipeline runs concurrently with the video pipeline.
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