Patent ID: 6028611
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A method for manipulating image data in a digital image capture device, the method comprising:forming two or more image processors;providing the two or more image processors in the digital image capture device; andlinking the two or more image processors to form an image processing chain (IPC), the IPC capable of manipulating image data in sequential and serial manners, the image processors in the IPC coordinated by an image processing backplane (IPB),wherein the IPB comprises:at least one data structure for storing information relating to the image processors of the IPC, anda plurality of functions for initializing the IPC, installing an image processor into the IPC, signaling that all image processors are installed into the IPC, destroying the IPC, and updating the IPC,wherein the IPB is capable of calling functions for defining, initializing, resetting, processing, controlling, obtaining a status of, and destroying an image processor.