Patent ID: 7961157
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G06F,G09F,G09G,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging system, comprising: an image source providing a video data stream; and a plurality of microtile units for generating respective portions of an image from said video data stream, each microtile unit including a plurality of coupling mechanisms for connection to a plurality of other microtile units such that said microtile units may be arranged in multiple geometrical configurations, and each microtile unit including circuitry for communication with said plurality of other microtile units to control generation of each respective portion of said image; and a system control unit for: automatically detecting configuration of said connected microtile units to determine the portion of the image each individual microtile unit is to be responsible for, and relaying respective filter information regarding each said portion to each respective microtile unit; wherein said circuitry in each said microtile unit further includes video processing circuitry for sub-image capture from said video data stream based on said filter information.