Patent ID: 7259783

Claim:
A method for processing an image in an image capture unit including a display, the method comprising the steps of: capturing first raw image data; processing the first raw image data through a capture data path; storing the first raw image data in a first buffer, wherein the first buffer contains second raw image data for one or more images; accessing a particular raw image data from the first buffer and performing image processing on the particular raw image data to produce a rotated processed image; loading the rotated processed image in a second buffer from an image processing data path; compressing the rotated processed image to generate a compressed image in a third buffer; unrotating the compressed image; performing display processing on the unrotated compressed image to produce graphics for display; storing the graphics and the unrotated compressed image in a fourth buffer; and rendering the graphics and the unrotated compressed image from the fourth buffer for display on the image capture unit.