Patent ID: 8253815
Filing Date: 2012-08-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A synchronized multiple imager system, comprising: a plurality of imagers having pixels arranged in multiple rows and columns; the pixels operable to generate pixel data responsive to light directed onto the imagers; one or more respective sensors coupled to the imagers, the sensors operable to sense the pixel data from the columns and output vertical raster streams representative of the pixel data in the columns; a clock circuit coupled to the imagers and operable to synchronize the sensors to sense selected columns in the imagers and to output the vertical raster streams from the selected columns, wherein the clock circuit includes asynchronous FIFOs coupled to input flip-flops, the asynchronous FIFOs being operable to de-skew the vertical raster streams; and a processor circuit configured to receive the vertical raster streams from the imagers and operable to process the vertical raster streams to generate a plurality of stitched raster streams.