Patent ID: 8817132
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for synchronizing a first circuit to an electro-optical sensor, comprising the steps of: (A) generating with said first circuit a configuration signal in response to a command signal from a user, wherein said configuration signal conveys a request to capture at least one frame of a plurality of periodic frames; (B) receiving said periodic frames at a second circuit from said electro-optical sensor; (C) receiving said configuration signal at said second circuit from said first circuit; (D) discarding a first frame of said periodic frames in said second circuit where said first frame precedes said receiving of said request, wherein said discarding is a hardwired operation in said second circuit; and (E) storing a plurality of active pixels in a second frame of said periodic frames in a memory using said second circuit where said second frame follows said receiving of said request.