Patent ID: 8208036
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for reading a captured image comprising a set of pixels, the captured image comprising at least first and second parts of the image, and a border area of the image, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining converted pixels by applying a digital-to-analog conversion to the pixels of the captured image; storing in a buffer the converted pixels of the border area of the image; supplying the converted pixels of the first part of the image to a first processing chain, the converted pixels of the first part of the image not being supplied to a second processing chain; supplying the converted pixels of the second part of the image to the second processing chain, the converted pixels of the second part of the image not being supplied to the first processing chain; supplying the converted pixels of the border area of the image from the buffer to both the first and second processing chains so that the first and second processing chains receive some of the same converted pixels of the image; obtaining a first set of processed pixels by using the first processing chain to apply image processing to the converted pixels of the first part of the image and the converted pixels of the border area of the image; obtaining a second set of processed pixels by using the second processing chain to apply image processing to the converted pixels of the second part of the image and the converted pixels of the border area of the image; and providing a processed image for display by combining the first and second sets of processed pixels, wherein the border area of the image is a separate part of the image positioned in between the first and second parts of the image, such that the first part of the image does not include any of the border area and the second part of the image does not include any of the border area.