Image processing system

Claim 2

An image processing system, comprising: a control unit for outputting a synchronizing signal; an input unit for inputting a plurality of images which consist of frames and represent views of an object from various directions respectively; an image data storage unit for temporarily storing plural newest frames of each of the plurality of images input from said input unit by updating storing contents synchronizing with the synchronizing signal input from said control unit; a data compression unit for compressing frames which are simultaneously stored into said image data storage unit and the plurality of images synchronizing with the synchronizing signal, therein generating a plurality of compression data successively; and an interface unit for multiplexing the plurality of compression data input from said data compression unit and outputting multiplexed data to an external device.

Claim 3

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said image data storage unit has a storage capacity of storing frames of a number larger than a number of the plurality of images by one for each of the plurality of images.

Claim 4

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said data compression unit consists of data compression unit elements of a number equal to a number of the plurality of the images, each of said data compression unit elements compresses a corresponding frame among frames which are simultaneously stored into said image data storage unit.

Claim 5

An image processing system according to claim 2, wherein said data compression unit consists of data compression unit elements of the number larger than the number of the plurality of images by one, each of said data compression unit elements compresses a corresponding frame among frames which are simultaneously stored into said image data storage unit.

Claim 6

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said data compression unit regards frames which were input from said input unit for the first time as reference image frames, and compresses difference between frames which are simultaneously input and the reference image frames, therein generating the plurality of compression data successively.

Claim 7

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said data compression unit compresses difference between two successive frames for each of the plurality of images, therein generating the plurality of compression data successively.

Claim 8

An image processing system, comprising: a control unit for outputting a synchronizing signal; an interface unit for inputting multiplexed data from an external device, and demultiplexing the multiplexed data into a plurality of compressed data; a data expansion unit for expanding the plurality of compressed data demultiplexed by said interface unit synchronizing with the synchronizing signal, therein generating a plurality of expanded data successively; and an image data storage unit for temporarily storing plural newest sets of the plurality of expanded data generated in said data expansion unit by updating storing contents synchronizing with the synchronizing signal input from said control unit.

Claim 9

An image processing system, comprising: a control unit for outputting a synchronizing signal; an interface unit for inputting multiplexed data from an external device, and demultiplexing the multiplexed data into a plurality of compressed data; a data expansion unit for expanding the plurality of compressed data demultiplexed by said interface unit synchronizing with the synchronizing signal, therein generating a plurality of expanded data successively; and an image data storage unit for temporarily storing plural newest sets of the plurality of expanded data generated in said data expansion unit by updating storing contents synchronizing with the synchronizing signal input from said control unit.

Claim 10

An image processing system according to claim 7, wherein said image data storage unit has a storage capacity of storing the plural newest sets of a number larger than a number of the plurality of expanded data by one.

Claim 11

An image processing system according to claim 7, wherein said data expansion unit regards the plurality of the compressed data input from said interface unit for the first time as reference image data, after that, generates the plurality of expanded data by adding the reference image data to the plurality of data obtained by decompressing the plurality of compressed data.

Claim 12

An image processing system according to claim 7, wherein said data expansion unit expands a difference image data of the image data input in time series from said interface unit and reference image data and sums up the image data which has been input just before and the expanded image data so as to generate the image data.

Claim 13

An image processing system according to claim 1, wherein said data compression unit includes: a plurality of data compression unit elements each of which is capable of compressing a frame; a common bus which is connected to the plurality of said data compression unit elements; and a controller for selecting one of the plurality of said data compression unit elements and outputting a data parameter used for compressing a frame.

Claim 14

An image processing system according to claim 7, wherein said data expansion unit includes: a plurality of data expansion unit elements each of which is capable of expanding a frame; a common bus which is connected to the plurality of said data expansion unit elements; and a controller for selecting one of the plurality of said data expansion unit elements and outputting a data expanding a frame.

Claim 15

An image processing system, comprising: a control unit for outputting a synchronizing signal; an input unit for inputting a plurality of images which consist of frames and represent views of an object from various directions respectively; an image data storage unit for temporarily storing plural sets of a plurality of image data; a plurality of data compression/expansions units capable of compressing a plurality of input image data and expanding a plurality of compressed data; an interface unit capable of multiplexing the plurality of compression data input from said data compression/expansion units and outputting multiplexed data to an external device, and capable of demultiplexing multiplexed data input from the external device into a plurality of compressed data and outputting the plurality of the compressed data to said data compression/expansion units; a common bus which is connected to said plurality of said data compression/expansion units; and a controller for controlling said data compression/expansion units using said common bus and controlling said interface unit so that multiplexed data corresponding to images input to said input unit is output from said interface unit, or images corresponding to multiplexed data input to said interface unit are stored in said image data storage unit.

Claim 16

An image processing system, comprising: a control unit for outputting a synchronizing signal; an input unit for inputting a plurality of images which consist of frames and represent views of an object from various directions respectively; an image data storage unit for temporarily storing plural sets of a plurality of image data; a plurality of data compression/expansions units capable of compressing a plurality of input image data and expanding a plurality of compressed data; an interface unit capable of multiplexing the plurality of compression data input from said data compression/expansion units and outputting multiplexed data to an external device, and capable of demultiplexing multiplexed data input from the external device into a plurality of compressed data and outputting the plurality of the compressed data to said data compression/expansion units; a common bus which is connected to said plurality of said data compression/expansion units; and a controller for controlling said data compression/expansion units using said common bus and controlling said interface unit so that multiplexed data corresponding to images input to said input unit is output from said interface unit, or images corresponding to multiplexed data input to said interface unit are stored in said image data storage unit.