Patent ID: 6047081
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: G06T

Abstract:
A software system for processing image data of one or more images received from at least one input imaging device for output on an imaging element, the software system comprising:an image module for each image received from the input imaging device, wherein each image module applies at least one image processing function to the image data of the respective image, thereby generating processed image data;a film module having a format defining at least one data region for the imaging element, wherein each data region is associated with one of the image modules;a communication pipeline for each image module for communicating the processed image data; andan image processor for instantiating the film module, instantiating each image module, instantiating each communication pipeline and communicatively coupling each image module to the film module via the respective communication pipeline such that the film module receives the processed image data from the image module and generates output data for forming the images on the imaging element.