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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Andrew S Katayama, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, CA (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395827 ; 395840 ; 395841 ; 364229 ; 3642319 ; 36423221 ; 3649207 ; 348230 ; 348272 ; 348282 ; 348300 ;
Abstract
An imaging system having an image sensor which is read out as a plurality of parallel image signals. A plurality of parallel image signal processing channels are provided to process said plurality of image signals. Each channel includes a programmable I/O station for receiving, storing, and transmitting data used in controlling the channel. A closed loop serial I/O transmission link serially connects the programmable I/O stations. A controller is connected to the link to control the transmission of data to one or more of said plurality of programmable I/O stations.