Television – Camera – system and detail – Solid-state image sensor
Patent
1997-05-12
1998-12-01
Garber, Wendy
Television
Camera, system and detail
Solid-state image sensor
H04N 5335
Patent
active
058446052
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is an analog processing element (APE) for the analog processing of charge packets present in an analog signal. The APE utilizes CCD-based elements in a semi-conductor device to move and process charge packets present in an analog signal. In one embodiment, the APE provides analog processing on dimensional signals such as audio or video signals. When the APE is embodied in a semi-conductor device, it may be provided as a chip for analog pre-processing of video or audio signals such as for compression of the signal prior to digitization and use by digital processing devices. In a particular embodiment, an array of APE's, along with related circuitry provides for a pipelined Pattern Recognition Processor (PRP). The PRP may perform analog video compression at rates substantially exceeding compression rates available with current digital processing technology.
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Garber Wendy
Ho Tuan V.
Integrated Data System, Inc.
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