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US 7,689,046 B2Granted
Hybrid image and movie imaging system and method
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsPhillip J. Emmett, James Edwin Bollman
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Abstract
The present application relates to a method and system for storing higher resolution images during capture and storage of a movie comprising lower resolution images.
Claims20
A method for storing higher resolution images during capture and storage of a movie comprising lower resolution images, the method comprising:
- capturing a series of images in succession with an imaging device wherein each image is captured as digital data,
- continuously storing the digital data of the images in order in a FIFO buffer adapted to store a number of said images;
- continuously compressing with a compressor the digital data of each image exiting the buffer;
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- continuously storing the compressed digital data for each image in a memory system to enable the compressed digital data to be retrieved for playback of the images in a movie format;
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- upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition, copying the digital data of the images in the buffer to the memory system separate from the compressed data to enable the digital data of the images copied from the buffer to be retrieved.
4 more elements
A system for storing higher resolution images during capture and storage of a movie comprising lower resolution images, the system comprising:
- an imaging device operable to capture a series of images in succession wherein each image is captured as digital data,
- a FIFO buffer coupled to the imaging device for continuously storing the digital data of the images;
- a compressor coupled to the FIFO buffer, the compressor being operable to continuously compress the digital data of each image exiting the buffer;
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- a memory system coupled to the compressor, the memory system being adapted to continuously store the compressed digital data for each image to enable the compressed digital data to be retrieved for playback of the images in a movie format;
- wherein the FIFO buffer is also coupled to the memory system to enable, upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition, copying of the digital data of the images in the buffer to the memory system separate from the compressed data, thus allowing the digital data of the images copied from the bluffer to be retrieved.
3 more elements
A method for capturing and storing images, the method comprising:
- capturing a series of images in succession with an imaging device wherein each image is captured as digital data,
- continuously storing the digital data of the images in order in a FIFO buffer adapted to store a number of said images;
- upon the occurrence of a predetermined condition, copying the digital data of the images in the buffer to a memory system to enable the digital data of the images copied from the buffer to be retrieved.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.