Peter H Johnson
Engineers at Bonita Ln, San Mateo, CA
License number
Colorado 21082
Issued Date
Nov 18, 1983
Renew Date
Dec 1, 2007
Expiration Date
Nov 30, 2009
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
264 Bonita Ln, San Mateo, CA 94404
Professional information
Interleaving Imaging Device Controller With Multi-Use Circuitry
US Patent:
2003010, Jun 5, 2003
Filed:
Oct 15, 2002
Appl. No.:
10/272442
Inventors:
Keiichiro Hyodo - Los Gatos CA, US
Peter Johnson - San Mateo CA, US
Allan Hessenflow - Los Gatos CA, US
Peter Johnson - San Mateo CA, US
Allan Hessenflow - Los Gatos CA, US
International Classification:
G06F003/12, G06F013/00, G06F015/00
US Classification:
358/001130, 358/001150
Abstract:
An imaging device with an improved controller is disclosed wherein the controller eliminates duplicated circuitry and provides multi user circuitry that efficiently replaces multiple dedicated circuit blocks. In one aspect, duplicated same-function circuit blocks are replaced with a switch controlled by an alignment control signal to operate as a multiplexer or demultiplexer. In another aspect, multiple different-function circuit blocks which generally have no temporal overlap of their active operation are replaced with a programmable logic device that is reconfigured dynamically to perform some subset of the different functions on an as-needed basis.