Method and system for generating real-time motion video

A device for generating real-time motion video, comprising:

• a control interface of a video processing device configured to receive control information, calibration data and authentication data from a memory in an image sensor unit, the calibration data relating to properties of the image sensor unit, wherein the video processing device and the image sensor unit are separate, non-integrated devices;
• a media interface of the video processing device configured to receive real-time raw image data from the image sensor the image sensor unit via a communication cable and a communication protocol;
• the media processing device of the video processing device configured to process the real-time raw image data received from the image sensor unit in association with the control information, calibration data and authentication data received at a control processing device from the control interface, wherein the processing includes applying a de-mosaicing algorithm to received image data, adjusting received image data based on at least part of the received calibration data and encoding the image data to a predetermined video format, wherein the image sensor unit lacks a media processing device for processing the real-time raw image data;
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• the video processing device configured to output the processed image data in real time.

A system for generating real-time motion video, comprising:

• a video processing device comprising:
• a control interface configured to receive control information, control instructions, calibration data and authentication data from a memory and an image sensor controller in an image sensor unit;
• a control processing device configured to receive the control information, the control instructions, the calibration data and the authentication data from the control interface;
• a media interface configured to receive real-time raw image data from the image sensor of the image sensor unit via a communication cable and a communication protocol;
• a media processing device configured to receive from the media interface and to process the real-time raw image data in association with the control processing device,
• wherein the processing includes applying a de-mosaicing algorithm to received image data, adjusting received image data based on at least part of the received calibration data and encoding the image data to a predetermined video format, and
• wherein the image sensor unit lacks a media processing device for processing the real-time raw image data;
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• the video processing device configured to output the processed image data in real time;
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• the image sensor unit comprising:
• a power interface configured to receive power from the video processing device via a power line;
• a control interface configured to transmit the control information, the calibration data, and the authentication data to the control interface of the video processing device;
• an analog-to-digital converter configured to digitize the real-time raw image data;
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• a media interface configured to transmit the real-time raw image data to the media interface of the video processing device.

A method for generating real-time motion video, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a control interface of a video processing device, calibration data, light source type, and light source power requirement from a memory in an image sensor unit, the calibration data relating to properties of the image sensor unit, wherein the video processing device and the image sensor unit are separate, non-integrated devices,
• receiving, at a media interface of the video processing device, real-time raw image data from the image sensor of the image sensor unit via a communication cable and a communication protocol, said real-time raw image data is digitized pixels from the image sensor,
• processing, in a media processing device of the video processing device, the real-time raw image data received from the image sensor of the image sensor unit in view of the calibration data, the light source type, and the light source power requirement received at a control processing device from the control interface, wherein the processing includes applying a de-mosaicing algorithm to received image data, adjusting received image data based on at least part of the received calibration data and encoding the image data to a predetermined video format, and
• outputting the processed image data in real time.