Image-processing device and method

An image-processing method comprising:

• acquiring an image;
• performing synchronous time stamping in order to time stamp, at the moment of acquisition of the image, at least one adjustment datum of an image-acquiring system;
• associating at least one time-stamped adjustment datum of the image-acquiring system with said image acquired at the moment of acquisition of the image by adding a metadatum to said acquired image;
• performing asynchronous processing on said image with associated metadatum to generate, as output, at least two setpoints, including at least one image-acquisition setpoint, which is determined based on the acquired image and on the time-stamped at least one adjustment datum of the image-acquiring system associated with said acquired image;
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• performing synchronous data processing, input data of the synchronous processing including the at least two setpoints including the image-acquisition setpoint, and generating as output, based on at least some of said setpoints, new adjustment data of the image-acquiring system that adjust said image-acquiring system with a view to acquisition of a new image.

An image-processing device, comprising:

• an image-acquiring system;
• a synchronous data-processing system that receives at least two setpoints-including at least one image-acquisition setpoint, and that determines, depending on at least some of said setpoints, adjustment data of the image-acquiring system, said synchronous system including synchronous time-stamping circuitry that time stamps, at the moment of acquisition of the image, at least one of the adjustment data of the image-acquiring system;
• associating circuitry configured to associate the time-stamped at least one adjustment data of the image-acquiring system with said image acquired at the moment of acquisition of the image by adding metadata to said acquired image;
• and
• an data-processing asynchronous system that processes said acquired image with associated metadata, said asynchronous data-processing system generating and sending to the synchronous data-processing system the at least two setpoints, at least the image-acquisition setpoint of which is determined based on at least one of the acquired images with associated metadata and on the time-stamped at least one of the adjustment data of the image-acquiring system associated with said at least one acquired image.