Internal Storage of Camera Characteristics During Production
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsJuha Alakarhu, Eero Salmelin
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Abstract
The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software product for storing camera module characteristics of a camera module (or camera) of an electronic device provided during production (e.g., a factory testing) of the electronic device in a non-volatile memory of the camera module, such that the camera module characteristics are used by the electronic device for taking and processing images and/or identifying the camera module. The electronic device can be a wireless communication device, a portable electronic device, a camera, a camera-phone mobile device, etc.
Claims30
A method, comprising:
- providing, during production, camera module characteristics of a camera module, said characteristics comprising a delay of a mechanical shutter;
- and
- storing, during said production, said camera module characteristics in a non-volatile memory build-in within the camera module.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a camera module;
- a processing block, configured to provide, during production, camera module characteristics comprising a delay of a mechanical shutter;
- and
- a non-volatile memory, configured to store, during said production, said camera module characteristics, wherein said non-volatile memory is build-in within the camera module.
An integrated circuit, comprising:
- an image sensor;
- a non-volatile memory, configured to store, during production, camera module characteristics such that said camera module characteristics are for taking images, processing images, taking and processing images or for identifying a camera module, wherein
- said camera module characteristics comprise a delay of a mechanical shutter.
An apparatus, comprising;
- means for taking pictures;
- means for processing, for providing, during production, characteristics of said means for taking pictures comprising a delay of a mechanical shutter;
- and
- means for storing, during said production, said characteristics, wherein said memory means is build-in within the means for taking pictures.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.