Patent ID: 6473123
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
A method for transferring data from an image sensor and supporting rotation of an image in an image capture device, the image sensor having a particular configuration of elements, wherein the image sensor has a left edge, and a top; wherein the particular configuration of elements further includes a plurality of light sensors arranged in an array, the array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each row and each column further including a portion of the plurality of light sensors, the method comprising the steps of:(a) determining the orientation of the image capture device; and (b) defining an image area of the image sensor based on the orientation of the image capture device to ensure that a particular portion of the particular configuration of elements occurs at a corresponding portion of the image irrespective of the orientation of the image capture device, wherein image area defining step (b) further comprises the step of (b1) defining a first image area if the image capture device is in a landscape orientation; (b2) defining a second image area offset from the first image area by one column toward the left edge if the image capture device is in a right rotation portrait orientation; and (b3) defining a third image area offset from the first image area by one column up if the image capture device is in a left rotation portrait orientation.