Patent ID: 8675086

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first circuit configured to (i) receive an input signal from an electro-optical sensor, said input signal comprising at least one input image, and (ii) generate a compressed signal based on said input signal, said first circuit comprising, a plurality of re-sampler circuits, (i) said re-sampler circuits comprising dedicated hardware circuits that are allocated differently by said first circuit based upon an image type to be processed, (ii) each of said re-sampler circuits is configured to process a corresponding plurality of first samples to generate a corresponding plurality of second samples, and (iii) each of said second samples is a linear combination of at least two of said first samples, wherein when processing said input image as a video type image, (i) said processing includes all tasks among (a) generating a first signal by converting said input signal into a first form suitable to display on an external video monitor, (b) generating a second signal by converting said input signal into a second form suitable to display on a preview screen and (c) generating a third signal by reducing a resolution of said input signal prior to compression, (ii) at least three of said re-sampler circuits perform different ones of said tasks, and (iii) said compressed signal comprises video images, and when processing said input image as a still type image, (i) said processing includes (a) generating said third signal, (b) performing a noise reduction of said third signal, and (c) generating said second signal based on said third signal after said noise reduction, (ii) said processing of said still type image uses at least two of said re-sampler circuits involved in said processing of said video type image and (iii) said compressed signal comprises a still image.