CN201063760Y

CN201063760Y - Digital imaging/processing equipment

Info

Publication number: CN201063760Y
Application number: CNU2007201463805U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 林百里; 梁次震; 张嘉渊; 许学政
Original assignee: Quanta Computer Inc
Current assignee: Quanta Computer Inc
Priority date: 2007-07-02
Filing date: 2007-07-02
Publication date: 2008-05-21
Anticipated expiration: 2017-07-02

Abstract

The utility model provides a digital imaging / processing device which comprises an image sensing module, a processing module, a coding module and a bus module. The image sensing module is used for sensing an image to produce a plurality of initial digital signals. The processing module is coupled to the image sensing module, and is used for processing the initial digital signals to become a plurality of useable digital signals. The coding module is coupled to the processing module, and is used for compressing the useable digital signals to become a plurality of compressed digital signals under high-resolution compression standard. The bus module is coupled to the coding module, and is used for outputting the compressed digital signals under a bus standard.

Description

Digital imagery/processing unit

Technical field

The utility model relates to a kind of digital imagery/processing unit (digital imaging/processingapparatus), and particularly relates to a kind of digital imagery/processing unit that can handle high-resolution (high-definition) data image signal.

Background technology

In recent years, because the prosperity of network technology, video conference has become the communicate with each other important tool of information of long-range both sides.Yet, be subject to the restriction of hardware configuration and Network Transmission bandwidth, so the image quality of video conference at present often is not fine.

Because the data volume of high-resolution data image signal is quite big, so in transmission and processing, can cause computer system and the sizable burden of telecommunication network.Therefore; popular at present real time communication application program (instant messenger) commonly used; as MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger, Skype, Google Talk and iChat etc., it understands the resolution of limited images transmission usually, to reach the effect of real-time tranception information.Therefore, these real time communication application programs can't be reached high-resolution video conference usually.

Therefore, main category of the present utility model is to provide a kind of digital imagery/processing unit, to address the above problem.

Novel content

One side of the present utility model is to provide a kind of digital imagery/processing unit, it is to become a plurality of compression digital signals (compresseddigital signal) by coding module (encoding module) at a plurality of data image signals of a high-resolution compression standard (high-definition compressionstandard) lower compression, and utilizes bus module (bus module) to export these compression digital signals.By this, the user can utilize this digital imagery/processing unit imaging and handle high-definition picture to reach the application of various high-definition pictures, as video conference ... etc.

According to the digital imagery/processing unit of a specific embodiment of the present utility model, it comprises image sensing module (image sensing module), processing module (processing module), coding module and bus module.Image sensing module is used for sensing one image to produce a plurality of raw digital signal.Processing module is coupled to image sensing module, and processing module is used to handle these raw digital signal and becomes a plurality of available digital signals.Coding module is coupled to processing module, and coding module is used for becoming a plurality of compression digital signals at these available digital signals of high-resolution compression standard lower compression.Bus module is coupled to coding module, and bus module is used for these compression digital signals of output under a bus standard.

Therefore, according to digital imagery/processing unit of the present utility model, it is to become a plurality of compression digital signals by coding module at a plurality of data image signals of a high-resolution compression standard lower compression, and utilizes bus module to export these compression digital signals.By this, the user can utilize digital imagery/processing unit imaging and handle high-definition picture to reach the application of various high-definition pictures, as video conference ... etc.

Can be further understood by following utility model detailed description and accompanying drawing about advantage of the present utility model and spirit.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 shows the functional block diagram according to the digital imagery/processing unit of a specific embodiment of the present utility model.

The reference numeral explanation

1: digital imagery/processing unit 10: camera lens

12: image sensing module 14: processing module

16: coding module 18: bus module

20: input port

Embodiment

The utility model provides a kind of digital imagery/processing unit, and it is to become a plurality of compression digital signals by coding module at a plurality of data image signals of a high-resolution compression standard lower compression, and utilizes bus module to export these compression digital signals.By this, the user can utilize this digital imagery/processing unit imaging and handle high-definition picture to reach the application of various high-definition pictures, as video conference ... etc.Below in detail specific embodiment of the utility model will be described in detail, the simplicity of using abundant explanation feature of the present utility model, spirit, advantage and implementing.

See also Fig. 1, Fig. 1 shows the functional block diagram according to the digital imagery/processing unit 1 of a specific embodiment of the present utility model.As shown in Figure 1, digital imagery/processing unit 1 comprises camera lens (lens) 10, image sensing module 12, processing module 14, coding module 16 and bus module 18.Camera lens 10 is used for an image projection to image sensing module 12.Image sensing module 12 is used for this image of sensing to produce a plurality of raw digital signal.In actual applications, image sensing module 12 can be CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) (Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor, CMOS) transducer or Charged Coupled Device (Charge Coupled Device, CCD) transducer, but not as limit.

Processing module 14 is coupled to image sensing module 12, and processing module 14 is used to handle these raw digital signal becomes a plurality of available digital signals, for example be the available digital signal of a plurality of Motion jpeg formats, or the available digital signal of uncompressed.In actual applications, processing module 14 can be image-signal processor (Image Signal Processor, ISP).Coding module 16 is coupled to processing module 14, and coding module 16 is used for becoming a plurality of compression digital signals at these available digital signals of high-resolution compression standard lower compression.In actual applications, this high-resolution compression standard is standard H.264, and coding module 16 can be H.264 encoder (H.264 encoder), but not as limit.In addition, coding module 16 also can comprise coder/decoder, for example is coder/decoder (H.264codec) H.264.It should be noted that because much smaller than the data volume of the available digital signal of uncompressed, so can certain degree ground reduce burden in subsequent transmission and the processing through the data volume of these compression digital signals of coding module 16 compression.

Bus module 18 is coupled to coding module 16, and bus module 18 is used for these compression digital signals of output under a bus standard.In actual applications, bus standard can be universal serial bus, and (bus module 18 can be universal serial bus bridger (USB bridge) for Universal Serial Bus, USB) standard, or PCI-express bridger (PCI-e bridge), but not as limit.

In actual applications, digital imagery/processing unit 1 can further comprise input port (inputport) 20, and input port 20 is coupled to coding module 16.Input port 20 is used to receive a plurality of digital signals (digital signal) of another image, and input port 20 transmits a plurality of digital signals of another image to coding module 16.In other words, be sent to a plurality of digital signals of another image of coding module 16 via input port 20, its module 16 that also can be encoded is collapsed into a plurality of compression digital signals, and then by bus module 18 outputs.

Compared to prior art, according to digital imagery/processing unit of the present utility model, it is to become a plurality of compression digital signals by coding module at a plurality of data image signals of high-resolution compression standard lower compression, and utilizes bus module to export these compression digital signals.By this, the user can utilize this digital imagery/processing unit imaging and handle high-definition picture to reach the application of various high-definition pictures, as high-resolution video conference ... etc.In addition, because much smaller than the data volume of the available digital signal of uncompressed, so can certain degree ground reduce burden in subsequent transmission and the processing through the data volume of these compression digital signals of coding module compression.Therefore, by digital imagery/processing unit of the present utility model, even under at present general hardware configuration and Network Transmission bandwidth constraints, computer system also can be reached application such as high-resolution video conference easily.

By the above detailed description of preferred embodiments, hope can be known description feature of the present utility model and spirit more, and is not to come category of the present utility model is limited with above-mentioned disclosed preferred embodiment.On the contrary, its objective is that hope can contain in the category of the claim that is arranged in the desire application of the utility model institute of various changes and tool equality.Therefore, the category of the claim that the utility model is applied for should be done the broadest explanation according to above-mentioned explanation, contains the arrangement of all possible change and tool equality to cause it.

Claims

1. digital imagery/processing unit is characterized in that comprising:

One image sensing module, this image sensing module are used for sensing one image to produce a plurality of raw digital signal;

One processing module, this processing module is coupled to this image sensing module, and this processing module is used to handle described raw digital signal becomes a plurality of available digital signals;

One coding module, this coding module is coupled to this processing module, and this coding module is used for becoming a plurality of compression digital signals at the described available digital signal of a high-resolution compression standard lower compression; And

One bus module, this bus module is coupled to this coding module, and this bus module is used for the described compression digital signal of output under a bus standard.

2. digital imagery/processing unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this high-resolution compression standard is a standard H.264.

3. digital imagery/processing unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this coding module is an encoder H.264.

4. digital imagery/processing unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this coding module comprises a coder/decoder.

5. digital imagery/processing unit as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that this coder/decoder is a coder/decoder H.264.

6. digital imagery/processing unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this bus standard is a universal series bus standard.

7. digital imagery/processing unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this bus module is a universal serial bus bridger.

8. digital imagery/processing unit as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this bus module is a PCI-e bridger.

9. digital imagery/processing unit as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that further comprising an input port, this input port is coupled to this coding module, this input port is used to receive a plurality of digital signals of another image, and this input port and a plurality of digital signals of transmitting this another image are to this coding module.