Patent ID: 8745300

Claim:
An auxiliary device configured for connecting a camera module to an image analysis device, the auxiliary device comprising: a first interface for connecting the camera module; a second interface for connecting the image analysis device; a buffer; and a processor connected to the first interface, the second interface, and the buffer, the processor comprising: a first controller connected to the first interface and the second interface directly, the first controller being configured for reading commands via the second interface, the commands containing a set of predetermined parameters of the camera module, and the first controller being also configured for transmitting the set of predetermined parameters to the camera module via the first interface, a second controller configured for reading frames of image from the camera module to the buffer via the first interface at a rate above about 1 Gbps; and a third controller configured for reading the frames of image from the buffer to the image analysis device frame by frame via the second interface at a rate above about 1 Gbps.