Patent ID: 7801427
Filing Date: 2010-09-21
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera apparatus comprising: a camera module and a phone module; said camera module comprises an image sensor, an amplifier configured to amplify an output signal of the image sensor, and an A/D converter configured to convert the amplified signal to digital signal, said phone module comprises a baseband circuit and a controller configured to control the baseband circuit, wherein said controller is connected to the camera module by a first line configured to receive an output signal of the camera module, and by a second line which is associated with at least one of the image sensor and the amplifier, and said controller is configured to process an output signal of the camera module, and said controller is further configured: to estimate a motion of an image taken by the camera module, and to adjust at least one value depending on whether motion is estimated to exist in a portion of a frame or whether motion is estimated to exist in an entire frame, said at least one value comprising at least one of: an update rate of a control parameter configured to control the camera module, an amount of adjustment of the control parameter per update cycle in a given update cycle, an update rate of a processing parameter configured to process the output signal of the camera module, and an amount of adjustment of the processing parameter per update cycle in the given update cycle, where the adjusted at least one value is applied to the entire frame.