Patent ID: 7957009

Claim:
An image sensing and printing digital camera device comprising: a housing defining a slot for receiving a printed instruction card having printed thereon an array of dots representing a programming script; an area image sensor positioned on the housing for sensing a viewed image and for generating pixel data representing the viewed image; a linear image sensor for scanning the printed instruction card and converting the array of dots into a data signal; a printing mechanism arranged on the housing; a one-chip microcontroller provided in the housing, the one-chip microcontroller integrating on the one chip a VLIW processor, an area image sensor interface connected to the VLIW processor, a linear image sensor interface, and a printhead interface connected to the VLIW processor; and an input buffer connected to both the area image sensor interface and the linear image sensor interface, the input buffer receiving the pixel data and the data signal, the input buffer being further connected to the VLIW processor to effect communication of the pixel data and the data signal thereto, wherein the one-chip microcontroller decodes the data signal into the programming script and executes the programming script represented by the array of dots on the pixel data.