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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1998
Benjamin Yung, Cupertion, CA (US);
Michael Truog, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Simon Goble, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vipin Ahuja, Mountain View, CA (US);
Silitek Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Abstract
An image acquiring apparatus for automatically selecting from 1D image signal and a 2D image signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes an image signal acquisition device selectably acquiring therethtrough the 1D image signal and the 2D image signal, an image acquisition control controlling the image signal acquisition device to selectably acquire one of the 1D image signal and the 2D image signal, a memory for storage, a pixel processing unit for processing one of the 1D image signal and the 2D image signal, an input/output interface, and a selecting mechanism for passing one of the 1D image signal and the 2D image signal through the pixel processing unit.