Patent ID: 8045052
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image processing device comprising: a) a plurality of image signal inputs for receiving a respective image input signal, wherein the image input signals are unsynchronized and have a predefined bandwidth, b) at least one image signal output for outputting at least one image output signal, c) a combiner for combining the different image input signals to form the image output signal, said combiner having a predefined maximum processing bandwidth, d) a plurality of synchronizers, which are respectively connected downstream of the image signal inputs and which synchronize the unsynchronized image input signals, said synchronizers having a predefined maximum processing bandwidth, e) at least one signal splitter which is connected on an input side to at least one of the image signal inputs and on an output side to at least two of the synchronizers, wherein the at least one signal splitter splits the image input signal applied on the input side between the synchronizers connected on the output side, and f) a plurality of distorters or rectifiers for distorting or rectifying individual image input signals before they are combined to form the image output signal, wherein the distorters or rectifiers are formed by individual synchronizers and the image input signals are distorted or rectified independently of one another by in each case at least one of the synchronizers, and wherein the bandwidth of the image input signals may be greater than at least one of the processing bandwidth of the synchronizers and the processing bandwidth of the combiner.