CN1241385C - Image equipment combined with scanning device and video communication device - Google Patents

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CN1241385C
CN1241385C CN 03101038 CN03101038A CN1241385C CN 1241385 C CN1241385 C CN 1241385C CN 03101038 CN03101038 CN 03101038 CN 03101038 A CN03101038 A CN 03101038A CN 1241385 C CN1241385 C CN 1241385C
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The present invention relates to an image device combined with a scanning function and an entity image capturing function. Because a scanning device and a video device are provided with image data handling components with the same function, the individual image data handling components in the scanning device and the video device can be combined into a single image device for processing image data with different forms, and the image data can be output by the single image device for saving cost.

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Device for image in conjunction with scanning means and visual device
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of device for image, more particularly a kind of in conjunction with scan function and image acquisition function, in order to the output entity or the device for image of scanning document image data.
Background technology
Scanning means (scanning device), known by popular as falt bed scanner (flatbed scanner), and this falt bed scanner can produce the image data signal of machinery-can read, and this image data signal is meant the signal of video signal of three dimensional object especially.
In addition, another kind of device for image equally also is the well known image data signal that can produce machinery-can read as digital camera (digital camera).In traditional digital camera applications, the image data of entity can be by the image capture unit with photo-sensitive cell with the sensing reflection source, and converts this reflection source to digital signal.Then, the digital signal of entity can be stored in the memory chip built-in in the digital camera (RAM, read access memory) or on the portable pc card.
Yet the speed of wideband increases rapidly in the application of network now, makes the acquisition of image data or scanning has become a very important ring.But in general computer system was equipped with, scanning means and digital camera were independent device for image, only can handle the resulting image data of this device for image, and the image data that obtains of processing entities or scanning simultaneously.And in computer system was equipped with, independent image processor can cause cost and the usage space waste on the whole computer system.
Summary of the invention
Main purpose of the present invention be in conjunction with scanning means and visual device forming single device for image, and can export the entity or the image data of sweep object.
A further object of the present invention is to utilize to share the image processing element to handle the image data of being imported by scanning means or visual device.
According to the above object, the invention provides a kind of device for image, this device for image is in conjunction with scanning means and visual device.Because the treatment element that has same treatment image data function in scanning means and the visual device, therefore both can be combined into single device for image, in order to handle and to export, to save the computer system space and to save cost by scanning means and the resulting image data of visual device.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the invention provides a kind of device for image, this device for image comprises:
Visual device with one first camera lens, wherein this visual device comprises one first photo-sensitive cell to receive one first image data by this first camera lens acquisition one scan object, and one first AFE (analog front end) also converts this first image data to one first digital signal and one first digital signal processor with this first image data that receives this first photo-sensitive cell transmission and receives and handle this first digital signal;
One scan device with one second camera lens, wherein this scanning means comprises one second photo-sensitive cell with the one scan light source of sensing by this second camera lens reflection, and one second AFE (analog front end) also converts this scanning light source to one second digital signal and one second digital signal processor with this scanning light source of accepting to be transmitted by this second photo-sensitive cell and receives and handle this second digital signal that is transmitted by this second AFE (analog front end); And
One shares rear end output interface device in order to handle and to export this first digital signal by this visual device transmitted.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the present invention also provides a kind of device for image, and this device for image comprises:
One first device for image with one first camera lens and one first photo-sensitive cell, wherein this first camera lens reaches this first photo-sensitive cell with this first image of sensing in order to capture one first image to this first photo-sensitive cell;
One second device for image with one second camera lens and one second photo-sensitive cell, wherein this second camera lens reaches this second photo-sensitive cell with this second image of sensing to reflect one second image to this second photo-sensitive cell;
One multiplexer is in order to receive this first image and this second image that is transmitted by this first photo-sensitive cell and this second photo-sensitive cell;
One AFE (analog front end) also becomes one first digital signal with this first image by one first analog signal conversion in order to conversion by this first image that this multiplexer transmits;
One digital signal processor is in order to handle this first digital signal that is transmitted by this AFE (analog front end); And
One shares rear end output interface device in order to export this first digital signal by digital signal processor transmitted.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the present invention provides a kind of device for image again, and this device for image comprises:
Visual device with one first camera lens, wherein this first camera lens is in order to capture one first image;
Have one second camera lens and one scan device, wherein this second camera lens is in order to reflect this second image;
One share photo-sensitive cell in order to sensing by this first image and this second image that this visual device and this scanning means transmitted;
One shares this first image that AFE (analog front end) is transmitted by this shared photo-sensitive cell in order to reception, and this first video conversion is become one first digital signal;
One shares digital signal processor in order to handle this first digital signal that is transmitted by this shared AFE (analog front end); And
One shares rear end output interface device in order to receive this first digital signal that is transmitted by this shared digital signal processor.
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Fig. 1 is disclosed technology according to the present invention, and expression utilization is shared the calcspar of rear end output interface output video image data and scan-image data;
Fig. 2 is disclosed technology according to the present invention, and expression utilizes the calcspar of shared processing element process image data;
Fig. 3 is disclosed technology according to the present invention, and expression utilization is shared photo-sensitive cell is shared the element process image data with sensing image data and utilization calcspar.
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10A has the digital camera of camera lens
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Some embodiments of the present invention can be described in detail as follows.Yet except describing in detail, the present invention can also be widely implements at other embodiment, and scope of the present invention do not limited, and its scope with claims is as the criterion.
According to traditional device for image,, can't do effective processing or do the work of integration for multi-form image data no matter be that scanning means or visual device are single device for image in computer system.Therefore propose in the present invention a kind ofly the visual device that has the scanning means of scan function and have an entity image acquisition function to be combined into single device for image, therefore can handle the image data that transmits by scanning means or visual device by single device.
In most preferred embodiment of the present invention, after image data was handled via treatment element, the rear end output interface (back end outputtinginterface) that image data (digital signal) utilization is shared exported display unit to reading scan or the resulting image data of image capture (image capturing).Its advantage is to be to use shared rear end output interface can be reduced at numerous and diverse property of connecting line in the computer system, more can save connectivity port in the computer system (connect port) in addition, and provides other device to use.
Fig. 1 represent rear end output interface that scanning means and visual device utilization share with output by the scanning means or the image data of visual device.Reference number 10A is first device for image, and for example visual device (video device) can be digital camera (digital camera).Utilizing first camera lens (lens) in visual device 10A is first image data as acquisition by the resulting entity image of entity (real object), and the entity image is focused on first photo-sensitive cell (photo-sensor) 20A.In most preferred embodiment of the present invention, the first photo-sensitive cell 20A can be complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS; Complementary metalsemiconductor) sensing element or charge coupled cell (CCD; Charge coupledevice).Then, first image data is sent to the first AFE (analog front end) (AFE; Analog frontend) 30A.The first AFE (analog front end) 30A becomes first digital signal with first image data by first analog signal conversion.And then first digital signal is sent to first digital signal processor (digital signal process) 40A, utilize the first digital signal processor 40A to handle first digital signal.Wherein, in most preferred embodiment of the present invention, its first AFE (analog front end) 30A can be analog digital conversion system (ADC; Analog to digital converting system).
In addition, one second device for image 10B is arranged in native system, wherein the second device for image 10B can be a scanning means.In the process of scanning means 10B scanning document, scanning light source irradiation scanning document is to obtain one second image.Then, second image is sent to the scanning means 10B with second camera lens (lens) by scanning document.Then the second photo-sensitive cell 20B receives this second image, and 20B can be complementary metal oxide semiconductor or charge coupled cell at this second photo-sensitive cell.And then second image is sent to the second AFE (analog front end) 30B, utilize the second AFE (analog front end) 30B that second image is become second digital signal by second analog signal conversion.Then again second digital signal is sent to the second digital signal processor 40B to handle second digital signal of scanning document.
In native system, because visual device 10A has identical processing capacity with the image processing element that scanning means 10B is comprised, therefore the treatment element with identical function can be integrated, make visual device 10A and scanning means 10B can be combined into single device for image to handle multi-form image data.And both differences are to be that visual device 10A is the image data of acquisition entity, and this image data entity image data of three-dimensional space (solid) normally.Yet, by the resultant image data of the scanning means 10B scanning document object image data of dual space (plane) normally.For being combined, visual device 10A and scanning means 10B become single device for image, in most preferred embodiment of the present invention, as common output device, image data is exported rear end output interface (back end outputting interface) 50 to display unit (expression in the drawings) to show by scanning means 10B or by the resulting image data of visual device 10A by visual device 10A or the resulting image data of scanning means 10B and by shared rear end output interface 50.At this, shared rear end output interface 50 can be IEEE 1394, wireless output (wireless) or utilize universal serial bus (USB; Universalserial bus).
In another most preferred embodiment of the present invention, the treatment element that utilizes the shared processing image data is to handle respectively by visual device and the resulting image data of scanning means.Fig. 2 represents that first device for image is that the visual device 12A and second device for image utilize the calcspar of common treatment element with process image data for scanning means 12B.The visual device 12A that in this most preferred embodiment, has first camera lens and first photo-sensitive cell with the mode of acquisition (capturing) with the image of entity promptly first image capture get off, and this first image light source is captured on first photo-sensitive cell to the visual device 12A.On the other hand, in the process of scanning means 12B scanning document, scanning light source is in order to shine scanning document to obtain one second image.Then, second image is sent to second camera lens (lens) that is positioned at scanning means 12A by scanning document, and makes the photo-sensitive cell that is positioned at scanning means 12B receive this second image of receipts.
Next, first image data and second image data are sent to multiplexer (MUX simultaneously; Multiplexer) in 14.Multiplexer 14 is in order to handle the image data from visual device 12A and scanning means 12B in another preferred embodiment of the present invention.In an embodiment of the present invention, multiplexer 14 can be handled the signal of different types, for example resulting second image of the first device of image scanning 12B that captured of visual device 12A.Then, two kinds of multi-form image datas are sent to multiplexer 14, and after handling via multiplexer 14, by the single output of multiplexer 14 institute need the image data form, for example export first image or second images by multiplexer 14.Then, this first image or second image are sent to shared AFE (analog front end) 30, convert first image or second image to first digital signal (or second digital signal) by first analog signal (or second analog signal) by shared AFE (analog front end) 30.Next, first digital signal (or second digital signal) is sent to shared digital signal processor 40 to handle this first digital signal (second digital signal).At last, first digital signal (or second digital signal) exports display unit (not expression in the drawings) to by shared rear end output interface 50, and demonstrates the image data that scanner uni captures on display unit.
In addition, in the present embodiment, multiplexer 14, shared AFE (analog front end) 30, shared digital signal processor 40 and shared rear end output interface 50 are sharing means, make no matter be can be handled and be exported by the treatment element in the same device for image by scanning or by the image data that acquisition obtains.Therefore, in the design of the device for image of native system, no matter be that the scanning document image data or the three-dimensional entity object image data on plane can utilize shared treatment element to handle, and can reduce cost.
In addition, in another preferred embodiment of the present invention, with lay respectively at photo-sensitive cell 20 among visual device 10A and the scanning means 10B as shared photo-sensitive cell with sensing image.Because photo-sensitive cell 20 is very important element in device for image, therefore, be that visual device or scanning means all have photo-sensitive cell (as 20A, 20B among Fig. 1), and both has the function of sensing image.Therefore the device for image in conjunction with visual device and scanning means can use a photo-sensitive cell 20 as sensing image, then image is sent to other treatment element.
Share the calcspar of photo-sensitive cell with reference to figure 3 for representing visual device and scanning means utilization with sensing image.In this embodiment, first device for image is only to have first camera lens among the visual device 10A, and this first camera lens is extremely shared first image capture with photo-sensitive cell 20, and utilizes and share photo-sensitive cell 20 sensing image data.Resultant second image reflexed to and shares photo-sensitive cell 20 with the sensing image data when similarly, second camera lens in the second device for image 10B will shine scanning document.When first image or second image capture or reflex to when sharing photo-sensitive cell 20, share photo-sensitive cell 20 and can handle multi-form image data signal respectively, and according to institute need the image data form export shared AFE (analog front end) 30 to.Similarly, the shared AFE (analog front end) 30 of utilization is with first image or second image converts first digital signal (second digital signal) to by first analog signal (or second analog signal), and then first digital signal (or second digital signal) is sent to shared digital signal processor 40 to handle this first digital signal (or second digital signal).At last, first digital signal (or second digital signal) is sent to shared rear end output interface 50, first digital signal (second digital signal) is sent to display unit with image data displaying by shared rear end output interface 50.
The above is preferred embodiment of the present invention only, is not in order to limit protection scope of the present invention; All other do not break away from the equivalence of being finished under the disclosed spirit and changes or modification, all should be included in the scope of claims.

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1. a device for image is characterized in that, this device for image comprises:
Visual device with one first camera lens, wherein this visual device comprises one first photo-sensitive cell to receive one first image data by this first camera lens acquisition one scan object, and one first AFE (analog front end) also converts this first image data to one first digital signal and one first digital signal processor with this first image data that receives this first photo-sensitive cell transmission and receives and handle this first digital signal;
One scan device with one second camera lens, wherein this scanning means comprises one second photo-sensitive cell with the one scan light source of sensing by this second camera lens reflection, and one second AFE (analog front end) also converts this scanning light source to one second digital signal and one second digital signal processor with this scanning light source of accepting to be transmitted by this second photo-sensitive cell and receives and handle this second digital signal that is transmitted by this second AFE (analog front end); And
One shares rear end output interface device in order to handle and to export this first digital signal by this visual device transmitted.
2. device for image as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned this first photo-sensitive cell and this second photo-sensitive cell comprise a complementary metal oxide semiconductor sensing element.
3. device for image as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned this first photo-sensitive cell and this second photo-sensitive cell comprise a charge coupled cell.
4. device for image as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned first AFE (analog front end) and this second AFE (analog front end) are an analog digital conversion system.
5. device for image as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device is IEEE 1394.
6. device for image as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device comprises a universal serial bus.
7. device for image as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device is a wireless transmission.
8. device for image as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device is in order to handle and to export this second digital signal by this scanning means transmitted.
9. a device for image is characterized in that, this device for image comprises:
One first device for image with one first camera lens and one first photo-sensitive cell, wherein this first camera lens reaches this first photo-sensitive cell with this first image of sensing in order to capture one first image to this first photo-sensitive cell;
One second device for image with one second camera lens and one second photo-sensitive cell, wherein this second camera lens reaches this second photo-sensitive cell with this second image of sensing to reflect one second image to this second photo-sensitive cell;
One multiplexer is in order to receive this first image and this second image that is transmitted by this first photo-sensitive cell and this second photo-sensitive cell;
One AFE (analog front end) also becomes one first digital signal with this first image by one first analog signal conversion in order to conversion by this first image that this multiplexer transmits;
One digital signal processor is in order to handle this first digital signal that is transmitted by this AFE (analog front end); And
One shares rear end output interface device in order to export this first digital signal by digital signal processor transmitted.
10. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, above-mentioned first device for image comprises a visual device.
11. device for image as claimed in claim 10 is characterized in that, above-mentioned visual device is a digital camera.
12. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, above-mentioned second device for image is the one scan device.
13. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, this second image that above-mentioned AFE (analog front end) is transmitted by this multiplexer in order to conversion, and this second image become one second digital signal by one second analog signal conversion.
14. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, above-mentioned digital signal processor is to handle this second digital signal that is transmitted by this AFE (analog front end).
15. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device is to export this second digital signal by digital signal processor was transmitted.
16. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, above-mentioned AFE (analog front end) is an analog digital conversion system.
17. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device is IEEE 1394.
18. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device is a universal serial bus.
19. device for image as claimed in claim 9 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device is a wireless transmission.
20. a device for image is characterized in that, this device for image comprises:
Visual device with one first camera lens, wherein this first camera lens is in order to capture one first image;
Have one second camera lens and one scan device, wherein this second camera lens is in order to reflect this second image;
One share photo-sensitive cell in order to sensing by this first image and this second image that this visual device and this scanning means transmitted;
One shares this first image that AFE (analog front end) is transmitted by this shared photo-sensitive cell in order to reception, and this first video conversion is become one first digital signal;
One shares digital signal processor in order to handle this first digital signal that is transmitted by this shared AFE (analog front end); And
One shares rear end output interface device in order to receive this first digital signal that is transmitted by this shared digital signal processor.
21. device for image as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared AFE (analog front end) is an analog digital conversion system.
22. device for image as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface is IEEE 1394.
23. device for image as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output interface device is a universal serial bus.
24. device for image as claimed in claim 20 is characterized in that, above-mentioned shared rear end output device is a wireless transmission.
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