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US 2007/0165124 A1Published application
Method of operating an image sensor
AssigneeSTMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
InventorJustin RICHARDSON
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Abstract
An image sensor may include a shared memory resources which can be selectively used by a digital filter for image scaling or by a defect correction circuit.
Claims34
1-26. (canceled)
An image sensor comprising:
- an image scaler;
- a defect corrector;
- and
- a shared memory at least partly shared between said image scaler and said defect corrector.
1 more element
An electronic device comprising:
- an image sensor including
- an image scaler,
- a defect corrector, and
- a shared memory at least partly shared between said image scaler and said defect corrector.
1 more element
A method of operating an electronic device, the electronic device including an image sensor comprising an image scaler and a defect corrector, the method comprising:
- switching a shared memory for use by the image scaler or the defect corrector.
The method of claim 4S, wherein switching the shared memory is controlled by a logic controller which inputs a control signal to enable or disable the image scaler or the defect corrector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.