Patent ID: 7576775

Claim:
An image processor for a camera module having an image sensor that captures an image, said image processor comprising: a central processing unit; program memory, associated with said central processing unit, said program memory, storing program steps for execution by said central processing unit to operate said camera module to capture said image; one or more interface units communicating with components of said camera module; image storage memory storing said image; an image capture unit in communication with said image storage memory, said central processing unit, and said image sensor, said image capture unit capturing said image from said image sensor and storing said image in said image storage memory; and image processing units, being application specific integrated circuits, in communication with said image storage memory, to transform said image into a CIE L*a*b* color space; and a serial bus interface communicating said transformed image with a Serial Bus of a compact printer module interconnected with the camera module, the camera module receiving operational power only from the printer module via the Serial Bus.