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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2003
Applicants:
James S. Voss, Fort Collins, CO (US);
James W. Owens, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Inventors:
James S. Voss, Fort Collins, CO (US);
James W. Owens, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is disclosed for capturing images, including reading image data in an image sensor from a photodetector array in the image sensor, and processing the image data in the image sensor. The method alternates between processing the image data to generate video frames and to generate portions of still images. A plurality of video frames are processed in the time it takes to process a complete still image. The video frames have a lower resolution than the still images.