CA2596451A1 - Digital camera system containing vliw vector processor - Google Patents

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CA2596451A1
CA2596451A1 CA002596451A CA2596451A CA2596451A1 CA 2596451 A1 CA2596451 A1 CA 2596451A1 CA 002596451 A CA002596451 A CA 002596451A CA 2596451 A CA2596451 A CA 2596451A CA 2596451 A1 CA2596451 A1 CA 2596451A1
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Kia Silverbrook
Simon Walmsley
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Priority claimed from AUPO8030A external-priority patent/AUPO803097A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7938A external-priority patent/AUPO793897A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8028A external-priority patent/AUPO802897A0/en
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Priority claimed from AUPO8015A external-priority patent/AUPO801597A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8031A external-priority patent/AUPO803197A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7942A external-priority patent/AUPO794297A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8005A external-priority patent/AUPO800597A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7987A external-priority patent/AUPO798797A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7980A external-priority patent/AUPO798097A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8032A external-priority patent/AUPO803297A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7986A external-priority patent/AUPO798697A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8017A external-priority patent/AUPO801797A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8029A external-priority patent/AUPO802997A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8019A external-priority patent/AUPO801997A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7998A external-priority patent/AUPO799897A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8020A external-priority patent/AUPO802097A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7940A external-priority patent/AUPO794097A0/en
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Priority claimed from AUPO7981A external-priority patent/AUPO798197A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8023A external-priority patent/AUPO802397A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7991A external-priority patent/AUPO799197A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8016A external-priority patent/AUPO801697A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8014A external-priority patent/AUPO801497A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO7989A external-priority patent/AUPO798997A0/en
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Priority claimed from AUPO7934A external-priority patent/AUPO793497A0/en
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Priority claimed from AUPO8505A external-priority patent/AUPO850597A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8504A external-priority patent/AUPO850497A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8497A external-priority patent/AUPO849797A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8500A external-priority patent/AUPO850097A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8502A external-priority patent/AUPO850297A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8499A external-priority patent/AUPO849997A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8498A external-priority patent/AUPO849897A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO8501A external-priority patent/AUPO850197A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9396A external-priority patent/AUPO939697A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9399A external-priority patent/AUPO939997A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9394A external-priority patent/AUPO939497A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9405A external-priority patent/AUPO940597A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9403A external-priority patent/AUPO940397A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9402A external-priority patent/AUPO940297A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9398A external-priority patent/AUPO939897A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9400A external-priority patent/AUPO940097A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9397A external-priority patent/AUPO939797A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9395A external-priority patent/AUPO939597A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9404A external-priority patent/AUPO940497A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPO9401A external-priority patent/AUPO940197A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPP0959A external-priority patent/AUPP095997A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPP1397A external-priority patent/AUPP139798A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPP2370A external-priority patent/AUPP237098A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPP2371A external-priority patent/AUPP237198A0/en
Priority claimed from AUPP4094A external-priority patent/AUPP409498A0/en
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D27/00—Details of garments or of their making
    • A41D27/08—Trimmings; Ornaments

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Abstract

This patent describes a digital camera system. The digital camera system comprises a sensing means for sensing an image; modification means for modifying said sensed image in accordance with modification instructions input into said camera; and an output means for outputting said modified image; wherein said modification means includes a series of processing elements arranged around a central crossbar switch.

Claims (10)

1. A digital camera system comprising:
a sensing means for sensing an image;
modification means for modifying said sensed image in accordance with modification instructions input into said camera; and an output means for outputting said modified image;
wherein said modification means includes a series of processing elements arranged around a central crossbar switch.
2. A digital camera as claimed in claim 1 wherein said processing elements include an Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU) acting under the control of a microcode store wherein said microcode store comprises a writeable control store.
3. A digital camera as claimed in claim 1 wherein said processing elements include an internal input and output FIFO for storing pixel data utilized by said processing elements.
4. A digital camera system as claimed in claim 1 wherein said modification means is interconnected to a read and write FIFO for reading and writing pixel data of images to said modification means.
5. A digital camera as claimed in claim 1 wherein said processing elements are arranged in a ring and each element is also separately connected to its nearest neighbours.
6. A digital camera as claimed in any of claims 2 to 5 wherein said ALU
accepts a series of inputs interconnected via an internal crossbar switch to a series of core processing units within said ALU.
7. A digital camera as claimed in claim 6 wherein said core processing units include at least one of a multiplier, an adder and a barrel shifter.
8. A digital camera as claimed in claim 6 wherein said ALU includes a number of internal registers for the storage of temporary data.
9. A digital camera as claimed in claim 1 wherein said processing elements are further connected to a common data bus for the transfer of pixel data to said processing elements.
10. A digital camera as claimed in claim 9 where said data bus is interconnected to a data cache which acts as an intermediate cache between said processing elements and a memory store for storing said images.
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AUPP2370 1997-03-16
AUPO8017A AUPO801797A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART06)
AUPO8016A AUPO801697A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART26)
AUPO7997 1997-07-15
AUPO8032 1997-07-15
AUPO7978A AUPO797897A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Media device (ART18)
AUPO7997A AUPO799797A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Media device (ART15)
AUPO8000 1997-07-15
AUPO7982A AUPO798297A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART19)
AUPO8000A AUPO800097A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART43)
AUPO7988A AUPO798897A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART02)
AUPO8014 1997-07-15
AUPO8026 1997-07-15
AUPO7939A AUPO793997A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART29)
AUPO8012A AUPO801297A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART05)
AUPO7990 1997-07-15
AUPO8025A AUPO802597A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART08)
AUPO8003A AUPO800397A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Supply method and apparatus (F1)
AUPO8028 1997-07-15
AUPO8030 1997-07-15
AUPO8024 1997-07-15
AUPO8021 1997-07-15
AUPO7999A AUPO799997A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART10)
AUPO7983A AUPO798397A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART52)
AUPO8005 1997-07-15
AUPO8018 1997-07-15
AUPO7977 1997-07-15
AUPO7993 1997-07-15
AUPO8016 1997-07-15
AUPO7985A AUPO798597A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART37)
AUPO7938 1997-07-15
AUPO8027A AUPO802797A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART54)
AUPO8015 1997-07-15
AUPO8019 1997-07-15
AUPO8018A AUPO801897A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART24)
AUPO8024A AUPO802497A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART27)
AUPO7979 1997-07-15
AUPO8030A AUPO803097A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Media device (ART13)
AUPO8031 1997-07-15
AUPO7987 1997-07-15
AUPO7938A AUPO793897A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART25)
AUPO8028A AUPO802897A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART56)
AUPO8021A AUPO802197A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART40)
AUPO8015A AUPO801597A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Media device (ART17)
AUPO7981 1997-07-15
AUPO8031A AUPO803197A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART12)
AUPO7940 1997-07-15
AUPO7988 1997-07-15
AUPO7942A AUPO794297A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART23)
AUPO7942 1997-07-15
AUPO7980 1997-07-15
AUPO8005A AUPO800597A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Supply method and apparatus (F2)
AUPO7987A AUPO798797A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART32)
AUPO8027 1997-07-15
AUPO7980A AUPO798097A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART22)
AUPO8032A AUPO803297A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART09)
AUPO7986A AUPO798697A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART51)
AUPO8023A AUPO802397A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART39)
AUPO8003 1997-07-15
AUPO7939 1997-07-15
AUPO8020 1997-07-15
AUPO7991 1997-07-15
AUPO8029A AUPO802997A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Sensor creation method and apparatus (ART36)
AUPO8025 1997-07-15
AUPO8019A AUPO801997A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Media processing method and apparatus (ART21)
AUPO7999 1997-07-15
AUPO7982 1997-07-15
AUPO8012 1997-07-15
AUPO7998A AUPO799897A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART11)
AUPO8020A AUPO802097A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART38)
AUPO7989 1997-07-15
AUPO8022 1997-07-15
AUPO7993A AUPO799397A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART03)
AUPO7985 1997-07-15
AUPO8023 1997-07-15
AUPO8022A AUPO802297A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART33)
AUPO8026A AUPO802697A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART53)
AUPO8029 1997-07-15
AUPO7981A AUPO798197A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART50)
AUPO7934 1997-07-15
AUPO8017 1997-07-15
AUPO7990A AUPO799097A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART46)
AUPO7998 1997-07-15
AUPO7991A AUPO799197A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Image processing method and apparatus (ART01)
AUPO7978 1997-07-15
AUPO7940A AUPO794097A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART28)
AUPO7983 1997-07-15
AUPO8014A AUPO801497A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Media device (ART07)
AUPO7989A AUPO798997A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART20)
AUPO7979A AUPO797997A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Media device (ART16)
AUPO7986 1997-07-15
AUPO7934A AUPO793497A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART45)
AUPO7977A AUPO797797A0 (en) 1997-07-15 1997-07-15 Data processing method and apparatus (ART44)
AUPO8500 1997-08-11
AUPO8505A AUPO850597A0 (en) 1997-08-11 1997-08-11 Image processing method and apparatus (art01a)
AUPO8501 1997-08-11
AUPO8504A AUPO850497A0 (en) 1997-08-11 1997-08-11 Image processing method and apparatus (art42)
AUPO8498A AUPO849897A0 (en) 1997-08-11 1997-08-11 Image processing method and apparatus (ART14)
AUPO8500A AUPO850097A0 (en) 1997-08-11 1997-08-11 Image processing method and apparatus (art31)
AUPO8498 1997-08-11
AUPO8502 1997-08-11
AUPO8497 1997-08-11
AUPO8504 1997-08-11
AUPO8499 1997-08-11
AUPO8505 1997-08-11
AUPO8502A AUPO850297A0 (en) 1997-08-11 1997-08-11 Image processing method and apparatus (art48)
AUPO8499A AUPO849997A0 (en) 1997-08-11 1997-08-11 Image processing method and apparatus (art47)
AUPO8497A AUPO849797A0 (en) 1997-08-11 1997-08-11 Image processing method and apparatus (art34)
AUPO8501A AUPO850197A0 (en) 1997-08-11 1997-08-11 Image processing method and apparatus (art30)
AUPO9396A AUPO939697A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART58)
AUPO9398 1997-09-23
AUPO9401A AUPO940197A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART63)
AUPO9402 1997-09-23
AUPO9394A AUPO939497A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Image processing method and apparatus (ART57)
AUPO9405A AUPO940597A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART66)
AUPO9400 1997-09-23
AUPO9395A AUPO939597A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART4)
AUPO9403 1997-09-23
AUPO9402A AUPO940297A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART64)
AUPO9405 1997-09-23
AUPO9398A AUPO939897A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART60)
AUPO9396 1997-09-23
AUPO9397A AUPO939797A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART59)
AUPO9404 1997-09-23
AUPO9400A AUPO940097A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART62)
AUPO9395 1997-09-23
AUPO9397 1997-09-23
AUPO9401 1997-09-23
AUPO9403A AUPO940397A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART65)
AUPO9404A AUPO940497A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 A device and method (F3)
AUPO9399A AUPO939997A0 (en) 1997-09-23 1997-09-23 Data processing method and apparatus (ART61)
AUPO9394 1997-09-23
AUPO9399 1997-09-23
AUPP0959 1997-12-16
AUPP0959A AUPP095997A0 (en) 1997-12-16 1997-12-16 A data processing method and apparatus (art 68)
AUPP1397 1998-01-19
AUPP1397A AUPP139798A0 (en) 1998-01-19 1998-01-19 A media device (art 69)
AUPP2370A AUPP237098A0 (en) 1998-03-16 1998-03-16 Data processing method and apparatus (dot 01)
AUPP2371A AUPP237198A0 (en) 1998-03-16 1998-03-16 Data processing method and apparatus (dot02)
AUPP2371 1998-03-16
AUPP4094 1998-06-12
AUPP4094A AUPP409498A0 (en) 1998-06-12 1998-06-12 An authentication system (AUTH01)
CA002296439A CA2296439C (en) 1997-07-15 1998-07-15 A camera with internal printing system

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