Patent ID: 6829012
Filing Date: 2004-12-07
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A digital processor for film conversion, the digital processor comprising:a plurality of input ports configured to receive digital data corresponding to film image pixels; a first group of circuit elements coupled to the plurality of input ports and configured to perform initial film conversion processing on a set of two or more film image pixels in parallel; a second group of circuit elements configured to perform intermediate film conversion processing on a set of two or more film image pixels in parallel; a third group of circuit elements configured to perform final film conversion processing on a set of two or more film image pixels in parallel and output a plurality of signals corresponding to standard image formats in parallel; a memory bank separately coupled to the three groups of circuit elements and configured to temporarily store partially processed film image pixels, thereby allowing the three groups of circuit elements to work on different sets of film image pixels in parallel; and a supervisor control circuit configured to communicate with and instruct each group of circuit elements on the processing steps for the film image pixels.