Claims
- 1. An integrated circuit for a digital camera, comprising:
(a) a first programmable processor programmed to run control functions, said first processor coupled to a user interface, a controller for memory, and a controller for image acquisition; (b) a second programmable processor programmed to run image processing functions, said second processor coupled to said first processor; and (c) a preview engine coupled to said first processor, to said controller for image acquisition, and to said controller for memory; (d) wherein said preview engine has a first mode with input coupled to said controller for image acquisition and with RGB image processing functions plus a second mode with input coupled to said controller for memory and with a YCbCr resizing function.
- 2. An integrated circuit for a digital camera, comprising:
(a) a first programmable processor programmed to run control functions, said first processor coupled to a user interface, a controller for memory, and a controller for image acquisition; (b) a second programmable processor programmed to run image processing functions, said second processor coupled to said first processor; and (c) a preview engine coupled to said first processor, to said controller for image acquisition, and to said controller for memory; (d) wherein said preview engine includes registers and image processing hardware with the contents of said registers providing parameters for said image processing hardware.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from provisional application Serial No. 60/293,912, filed May 25, 2001 and is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. Nos. 09/742,258, 09/745,132, 09/745,134, 09/745,135, and 9/745,136, all filed Dec. 20, 2000. The following pending patent applications disclose related subject matter and have a common assignee with the present application: Ser. No. 09/490,813, filed Jan. 26, 2000.
Provisional Applications (1)
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Continuation in Parts (5)
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10156422 |
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09745132 |
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10156422 |
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09745134 |
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10156422 |
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09745135 |
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10156422 |
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09745136 |
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