Image sensing and printing device

摘要

An image sensing and printing digital camera device includes a housing defining a slot for receiving a printed instruction card having printed thereon an array of dots representing a programming script, the housing further storing therein a roll of print media; an area image sensor for sensing an image and generating pixel data representing the image; a linear image sensor for scanning the array of dots on the card and converting the array of dots into a data signal; a microcontroller provided in the housing, the microcontroller for decoding the data signal into the programming script and applying the programming script on the pixel data; and a printing mechanism for printing the pixel data, having applied thereto the programming script, on the roll of print media. The microcontroller integrates on a single chip a VLIW processor, a printhead interface, and an output buffer effecting communication between the VLIW processor and the printhead interface.

主权项

1. An image sensing and processing device comprising:
an image sensor for sensing an image and configured to generate signals carrying pixel data representing the image; a selectable image processing algorithm identified by a human readable representation of an effect resulting from the image processing algorithm, selection of the image processing algorithm generating a data signal indicative of the image processing algorithm; and a system on a chip processor comprising:
a plurality of parallel processing units; andan image sensor interface configured to facilitate communication between the image sensor and the system on a chip processor, wherein:
the system on a chip processor is configured to receive the data signal indicative of the image processing algorithm and to utilize the data signal in providing a programming script to control the plurality of parallel processing units to perform the image processing algorithm on the pixel data.