METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE DATA TRANSFER IN DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHING

摘要

An apparatus and method are described in which image information is received from an image sensor relating to one image frame, one or more sub-images are produced from the received image information according to given cropping data; and the produced one or more sub-images are forwarded through an output.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
an image processing circuitry configured to:
receive cropping data that defines a plurality of sub-images;define individual lines of pixels for image capture by an image sensor of only lines of pixels needed for the plurality of sub-images;direct an image sensor to provide, relating to one image frame, image information comprising only the defined individual lines of pixels;receive from the image sensor the image information relating to the one image frame;produce the plurality of sub-images from the received image information according to the cropping data; andforward the plurality of sub-images through an output; wherein the image sensor and the an image processing circuitry are parts of a camera unit and the output is a camera unit interface configured to exchange information between the camera unit and a circuitry external to the camera unit; and wherein the image processing circuitry is further configured to send image information relating to the one frame over the camera unit interface only as the plurality of sub-images.