Patent ID: 7113208
Filing Date: 2006-09-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capture apparatus comprising: an image capture unit adapted to capture image data; a memory adapted to store the image data captured by the image capture unit; an image compression unit adapted to compress the image data stored in the memory; an image display unit adapted to display an image using the image data stored in the memory; a control unit adapted to control the image capture apparatus; a refresh control unit adapted to refresh the memory; and an arbitration unit adapted (a) to assign a higher priority to a process of providing image data from the image capture unit to the memory than a process of refreshing the memory and a process of accessing the memory by the control unit, (b) to assign a higher priority to a process of refreshing the memory and a process of accessing the memory by the control unit than a process of compressing image data stored in the memory by the image compression unit, (c) to assign a higher priority to a process of providing image data from the memory to the image display unit than a process of refreshing the memory and a process of accessing the memory by the control unit, and (d) to assign a higher priority to a process of refreshing the memory than a process of accessing the memory by the control unit.