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US 7,701,506 B2Granted
Digital camera having functionally interconnected image processing elements
AssigneeSilverbrook Research Pty Ltd
InventorKia Silverbrook
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Abstract
A hand-held digital camera is provided comprising image sensing means for sensing an image, input means for receiving an input to modify the sensed image, image processing means for modifying the sensed image in accordance with the input and output means for outputting the modified image. The image processing means includes a plurality of processing elements functionally interconnected to each other via a crossbar switch. The crossbar switch is selectively configurable to pass data of the sensed image directly between the processing elements.
Claims10
A hand-held digital camera, comprising:
- image sensing means for sensing an image;
- memory for storing the sensed image;
- input means for receiving an input to modify the sensed image;
- image processing means for modifying the stored sensed image in accordance with the input;
- and
- output means for outputting the modified image,
- wherein the image processing means includes a plurality of substantially identical processing elements functionally interconnected to each other via a crossbar switch, the processing elements being connected to the memory via a bus external to the crossbar switch, and
- wherein the crossbar switch is selectively configurable to pass data of the sensed image directly between the processing elements.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.