Patent ID: 9230299
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: G06T,G11B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A video camera comprising: a portable housing having an opening through which light emanating from outside the portable housing enters the portable housing; a memory device supported by the portable housing; an image sensor comprising first, second, and third pluralities of light sensitive devices arranged with respect to one another in a plane defined by the image sensor such that the first, second, and third pluralities of light sensitive devices are intermingled, defining an intermingled pattern, the first, second, and third pluralities of light sensitive devices being configured to detect first, second, and third colors, respectively, the first, second, and third colors being different from each other, the image sensor being configured to convert light entering the portable housing through the opening into raw mosaiced image data comprising one data value for each of the light sensitive devices included in the first, second, and third pluralities of light sensitive devices, the image sensor being configured to output the raw mosaiced image data at a resolution of at least 2 k and at a frame rate of at least about 23 frames per second; and electronics having an image processing module and a compression module implemented therein, the image processing module connected between the image sensor and the memory device, the image processing module configured to process the raw mosaiced image data from the image sensor and output processed image data based on the raw mosaiced image data from the image sensor, the processed image data including less than three data values for each of the light sensitive devices included in the first, second, and third pluralities of light sensitive devices, and the compression module connected between the image sensor and the memory device, the compression module configured to compress the processed image data with a Huffman compression technique into compressed processed image data such that the compressed processed image data can be decompressed and demosaiced into a substantially visually lossless image of at least 2 k resolution, wherein the memory device receives the compressed processed image data at a rate of at least about 23 frames per second.