Patent ID: 7649548
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transferring image information from a camera module to an electronic device, wherein the camera module is constructed as an integral part of the electronic device, by: capturing an image in the camera module by means of an image sensor comprising pixels which convert light to which the pixels are exposed into an analogue signal, the image being captured at a maximum resolution by using every pixel in the image sensor; converting said analogue signal into digital image information by analogue-to-digital conversion, in response to the digital image information having been captured at the maximum resolution by the camera module, using the electronic device for determining whether the captured digital image information is to be transferred to the electronic device as captured, or in a reduced form suitable for a view finder mode display, said reduced form comprising image information from substantially the entire image area of the digital image information captured by using every pixel in the image sensor; and transferring a selected form of the digital image information from the camera module to the electronic device via an internal serial connection bus of the electronic device.