Patent ID: 7337344
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of synchronizing one or more devices on a first bus, the first bus associated with a first clock for generating first bus timing information for the first bus with one or more devices on a second bus, the second bus associated with a second clock for generating second bus timing information for the second bus, each of the devices having an individually adjustable timing, the method comprising: acquiring the first bus timing information and the second bus timing information from the first bus and the second bus respectively; determining a timing offset between the first bus and the second bus; and, broadcasting the timing offset to the one or more devices on the second bus; and, adjusting the timing of the one or more devices on the second bus to be synchronized with the one or more devices on the first bus based upon the broadcast timing offset and the second bus timing information wherein the one or more devices on the second bus comprise cameras and the cameras adjust their timing by selectively reading an adjustable amount of extra data from a light-sensing array for each frame.