Patent ID: 7898573

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a detector configured to generate (i) a plurality of source frames by digitizing a plurality of sensor frames and (ii) a plurality of intermediate frames by processing said source frames, wherein said intermediate frames have an intermediate resolution and have an intermediate color space; and a processor configured to (i) generate a plurality of video frames by down-sampling said intermediate frames, wherein said video frames have a video resolution lower than said intermediate resolution, (ii) reduce noise in said video frames by a first noise reduction technique, (iii) generate a video stream by compressing said video frames,) (iv) generate at least one still picture by formatting at least one of said intermediate frames used in said generation of said video frames and (v) reduce noise in said at least one still picture by a second noise reduction technique, wherein (a) said at least one still picture has said intermediate resolution, and (b) said generating of said at least one still picture occurs substantially simultaneously with said generating of said video stream such that none of said video frames are missing from said video stream and (c) said second noise reduction technique is different than said first noise reduction technique.