Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Dual image sensor image processing system and method
- Patent Title (中): 双图像传感器图像处理系统及方法
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Application No.: US12858922Application Date: 2010-08-18
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Publication No.: US08493482B2Publication Date: 2013-07-23
- Inventor: Guy Cote , Jeffrey E. Frederiksen , Joseph P. Bratt , Shun Wai Go , Timothy J. Millet
- Applicant: Guy Cote , Jeffrey E. Frederiksen , Joseph P. Bratt , Shun Wai Go , Timothy J. Millet
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Fletcher Yoder PC
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H01L31/062

Abstract:
Various techniques are provided for processing image data acquired using a digital image sensor. In accordance with aspects of the present disclosure, one such technique may relate to the processing of image data in a system that supports multiple image sensors. In one embodiment, the image processing system may include control circuitry configured to determine whether a device is operating in a single sensor mode (one active sensor) or a dual sensor mode (two active sensors). When operating in the single sensor mode, data may be provided directly to a front-end pixel processing unit from the sensor interface of the active sensor. When operating in a dual sensor mode, the image frames from the first and second sensors are provided to the front-end pixel processing unit in an interleaved manner. For instance, in one embodiment, the image frames from the first and second sensors are written to a memory, and then read out to the front-end pixel processing unit in an interleaved manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120044372A1 DUAL IMAGE SENSOR IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2012-02-23
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