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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Applicants:
Shaolan Wang, Beijing, CN;
Hongning Zeng, Beijing, CN;
Inventors:
Shaolan Wang, Beijing, CN;
Hongning Zeng, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
O2Micro Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A virtual camera component allows multiple camera-use applications to share a camera simultaneously. For example, a first application can request access to the camera for a first set of data, and a second application can also request access to the camera for a second set of data. The virtual camera component is coupled between the first and second applications and the camera, and caches and then processes the data according to respective requirements of the first and second applications.