Patent ID: 9544451
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: B41J,B42D,B82Y,G03B,G06F,G06K,G06T,G07F,G09G,G11C,H01L,H04N,H05K,Y10S

Claim:
1. A processor for a portable handheld device including a card reader, the processor comprising on a shared wafer: a card reader interface for receiving an instruction script from a data card inserted in the card reader; a CPU for processing the instruction script; a multi-core processor for processing an image, the multi-core processor having a plurality of processing units each including a microcode RAM; and a memory interface separate from the card reader interface and configured to receive image data from an external memory for processing by the multi-core processor, wherein the CPU loads each microcode RAM with a microcode program to effect execution of the instruction script.