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US 2015/0312475 A1Published application
User programmable image capturing and processing device
AssigneeImperx, Inc.
InventorPetko Dimitrov DINEV
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Abstract
The present description provides a user programmable image capturing and processing apparatus which allows the user to load and run its own custom processing algorithms into the camera or device apparatus, does not limit the client to a specific set of factory preloaded image processing algorithms, and can utilize a wide range of image capturing means such as Ultrasound, X-ray, RF frequency, or other means of converting signals or waves to image.
Claims20
A scene capturing device comprising:
- a sensor configured to capture scene signals from a scene and to produce digital signals representative of the scene signals;
- a sensor processing module coupled to the sensor, the sensor processing module having a sensor process configured to cause the sensor processing module to generate sensor signals for causing the sensor to produce the digital signals and generate conditioned signals based upon the digital signals;
- a user processing module coupled to the sensor processing module, the user processing module having a user process configured to process the conditioned signals and generate a user data stream based upon the digital signals;
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- a process loading module configured to load the user process into the user processing module while inhibiting access to the sensor process while the user processing module is coupled to the sensor processing module and the sensor processing module is coupled to the sensor.
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A scene capturing system comprising:
- a user process loading device;
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- a scene capturing device removably coupled to the user process loading device with a first cable, the scene capturing device comprising:
- a sensor configured to capture scene signals from a scene and for producing digital signals representative of the scene signals;
- a sensor processing module coupled to the sensor, the sensor processing module having a sensor process adapted to cause the sensor processing module to generate sensor signals for causing the sensor to produce the digital signals and to generate conditioned signals based upon the digital signals;
- a user processing module coupled to the sensor processing module, the user processing module having a user process configured to process the conditioned signals and generate a user data stream based upon the conditioned signals;
- a process loading module configured to receive the user process from the user process loading device and to load the user process into the user processing module while inhibiting access to the sensor process while the user processing module is coupled to the sensor processing module and the sensor processing module is coupled to the sensor;
- an output module for providing the user data stream to a scene processing device;
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- a first connector coupled to the output module and for connecting to the first cable for communicating the user process from the user process loading device to the scene capturing device while the user processing module is coupled to the process loading module.
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A scene capturing system comprising:
- a scene capturing device;
- a user process loading device removably coupled to the scene capturing device with a first cable;
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- a scene processing device removably coupled to the scene capturing device with a second cable,
- the scene capturing device comprising:
- a sensor configured to capture scene signals of a scene and to produce digital signals representative of the scene signals;
- a sensor processing module coupled to the sensor, the sensor processing module having a sensor process adapted to cause the sensor processing module to generate sensor signals for causing the sensor to produce the digital signals and generate conditioned signals based upon the digital signals;
- a user processing module coupled to the sensor processing module, the user processing module having a user process configured to process the conditioned signals and generate a user data stream based upon the conditioned signals;
- a process loading module configured to receive the user process from the user process loading device and to load the user process into the user processing module and inhibit access to the sensor process while the user processing module is coupled to the sensor processing module and the sensor processing module is coupled to the sensor;
- an output module for providing the user data stream to the scene processing device;
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- a housing configured to enclose the sensor, the sensor processing module, the user processing module, the process loading module, and the output module,
- the output module including:
- a first connector for connecting to the first cable and for communicating the user process from the user process loading device to the scene capturing device while the user processing module is enclosed within the housing;
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- a second connector for connecting to the second cable for communicating the user data stream from the scene capturing device to the scene processing device, wherein the user process is communicated from the user process loading device to the scene capturing device while the scene capturing device is connected to the scene processing device.
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