公开(公告)号：US08023002B2

公开(公告)日：2011-09-20

申请号：US12303379

申请日：2008-02-19

申请人： Masaya Kinoshita ,  Takashi Kameya

发明人： Masaya Kinoshita ,  Takashi Kameya

IPC分类号： H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N7/01 ,  H04N5/16 ,  H04L12/50 ,  H04L7/212 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G06F13/12

CPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/23245 ,  H04N5/343

摘要： The number of channels is changed in accordance with an operation mode in an image pickup apparatus. An image-pickup control unit 240 determines the number of operation channels W in accordance with an operation mode. A sensor unit 210 outputs an image pickup signal corresponding to each pixel in accordance with the number of operation channels W. A data sending unit 220 performs serial conversion on image pickup signals, and transfers them to the image processing unit 300 using a high-speed interface (a signal line 229) such as an LVDS in accordance with the number of operation channels W. A data receiving unit 311 performs parallel conversion on the transferred serial signal for each of the channels in units of M bits. A data reconstruction unit 500 detects a synchronization code embedded in the parallel signals, extracts data windows, and supplies, to a signal line 319, image pickup signals of bit length n which are reconstructed from the data windows. A clock gating circuit 330 supplies a clock CLK3 to a signal line 337 only during a period in which a valid flag (a signal line 316) indicates validity.

摘要翻译： 根据图像拾取装置中的操作模式改变通道数量。 图像拾取控制单元240根据操作模式确定操作通道W的数量。 传感器单元210根据操作通道W的数量输出与每个像素对应的摄像信号。数据发送单元220对摄像信号进行串行转换，并使用高速传送到图像处理单元300 接口（信号线229），例如根据操作信道W的数量的LVDS。数据接收单元311以M比特为单位，对传送的每个信道的串行信号执行并行转换。 数据重建单元500检测嵌入在并行信号中的同步码，提取数据窗口，并向信号线319提供从数据窗口重建的比特长度n的图像拾取信号。 时钟选通电路330仅在有效标志（信号线316）表示有效期的时段内将时钟CLK3提供给信号线337。