1. An image signal processor of an imaging device, the image signal processor comprising:
an encoding unit, generating encoded image data for a frame by encoding, in accordance with a predetermined process block, an image data column corresponding to an electrical signal inputted from the image sensor; and
a data output unit, outputting to a receiving part, which is a back-end chip or a baseband chip, a vertical synchronous signal (V_sync) for the frame at a point of the encoding unit having stored first image data columns in the quantity of n (a natural number) for the frame in order to process the process block, and outputting to the receiving part encoded image data inputted from the encoding unit,
whereas said n is a natural number between 1 and b, in case the process block is a (a natural number)\xd7b (a natural number).
2. The image signal processor of claim 1, wherein a clock signal is outputted to the receiving part in a section only to which valid data of the encoded image data are outputted.
3. The image signal processor of claim 1, wherein dummy data are outputted in a section to which valid data of the encoded image data are outputted.
4. The image signal processor of claim 1, wherein the encoded image data outputted for the frame is between \u201cSTART MARKER\u201d and \u201cSTOP MARKER\u201d.
5. The image signal processor of claim 1, wherein the data output unit comprises a register outputting encoded image data inputted from the encoding unit by delaying the output by a predetermined clock.
6. The image signal processor of claim 1, wherein the data output unit comprises:
a V_sync generator, generating and outputting the vertical synchronous signal of high or low state in accordance with a vertical synchronous signal control command;
an H_sync generator, generating and outputting the valid data enable signal of high or low state in accordance with a valid data enable control command;
a delay unit, outputting in accordance with a data output control command valid data inputted from the encoding unit as well as invalid data or pre-generated dummy data; and
a transmission control unit, generating and outputting the vertical synchronous signal control command, the valid data enable control command, and the data output control command,
whereas the transmission control unit outputs the vertical synchronous signal control command at a point of having stored first image data columns in the quantity of n (a natural number) for the frame using a counter value inputted from the encoding unit.
7. The image signal processor of claim 6, wherein the valid data enable signal is interpreted as a write enable signal in the receiving part.
8. An image signal processor of an imaging device, the image signal processor comprising:
a V_sync generator, generating and outputting a vertical synchronous signal of high or low state in accordance with a vertical synchronous signal control command;
an H_sync generator, generating and outputting a valid data enable signal of high or low state in accordance with a valid data enable control command;
a delay unit, outputting in accordance with a data output control command valid data, invalid data, or pre-generated dummy data inputted from an encoding unit; and
a transmission control unit, generating and outputting the vertical synchronous signal control command, the valid data enable control command, and the data output control command,
whereas the transmission control unit outputs the vertical synchronous signal control command at a point of having stored first image data columns in the quantity of n (a natural number) for the frame using a counter value inputted from the encoding unit.
9. An imaging device, comprising an image sensor, an image signal processor, a back-end chip, and a baseband chip, wherein the image signal processor comprises:
an encoding unit, generating encoded image data for a frame by encoding, in accordance with a predetermined process block, an image data column corresponding to an electrical signal inputted from the image sensor; and
a data output unit, outputting to a receiving part, which is a back-end chip or a baseband chip, a vertical synchronous signal (V_sync) for the frame at a point of the encoding unit having stored first image data columns in the quantity of n (a natural number) for the frame in order to process the process block, and outputting to the receiving part encoded image data inputted from the encoding unit,
whereas said n is a natural number between 1 and b, in case the process block is a (a natural number)\xd7b (a natural number).
10. A method of transferring a deferred vertical synchronous signal, the method executed in an image signal processor of an imaging device comprising an image sensor, the method comprising:
being inputted with a vertical synchronous signal for an mth frame from an encoding unit, whereas m is a natural number;
monitoring, using a count value inputted from the encoding unit, whether image data columns in the quantity of n (a natural number) corresponding to a predetermined process block have been stored; and
outputting to a receiving part, which is a back-end chip or a baseband chip, a vertical synchronous signal corresponding to the mth frame in case the image data columns in the quantity of n have been stored,
whereas said n is a natural number between 1 and b, in case the process block is a (a natural number)\xd7b (a natural number).
11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:
being inputted with encoded data from the encoding unit in accordance with the process block; and
outputting the inputted encoded data to the receiving part,
whereas a clock signal is outputted to the receiving part in a section only to which valid data of the encoded image data are outputted.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein completion of encoding the mth frame is determined by using header information and tail information of the inputted encoded data.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A communications system comprising:
a mobile device having an address and being adapted to receive short messages at said address and to send short messages; and
mediating means arranged to provide an interface between said mobile device and at least one application on a communications network,
wherein the mediating means is adapted to send short messages and to receive short messages at a plurality of predetermined addresses,
the mediating means is further arranged to send a short message to the mobile device by selecting one of the predetermined addresses from said plurality of predetermined addresses, preparing a short message comprising the selected address as the sender’s address, and sending the prepared short message to the mobile device,
the mobile device being adapted to receive a short message from the mediating means and send a reply short message to the mediating means at the selected address contained in the received short message, the reply short message comprising the mobile device’s address,
the mediating means being further adapted to receive a reply short message from the mobile device at one of Said plurality of predetermined addresses and to identify the sent message to which the reply message corresponds from the selected address at which the reply message is received and the mobile device’s address contained in the received reply message.
2. A communications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mobile device is provided with a reply function and is adapted to send the reply short message using the reply function.
3. A communications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mediating means is arranged to select said one of the predetermined addresses from said plurality of predetermined addresses at random.
4. A communications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mediating means is adapted to send a plurality of short messages to the mobile device, and to select a different one of said plurality of predetermined addresses for each of said plurality of messages.
5. A communications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mediating means is adapted to keep track of the predetermined addresses previously selected for short messages sent to the mobile device, and to select one of the predetermined addresses for a next short message to the mobile device from those predetermined addresses currently available.
6. A communications system in accordance with claim 5, wherein the mediating means is adapted to select the address for the next short message at random from, those currently available.
7. A communications system in accordance with claim 1, comprising a plurality of said mobile devices, each having a respective address, and wherein the mediating means is adapted to send said short messages to each of said mobile devices.
8. A communications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mediating means is arranged to store received reply short messages in a matrix having a first axis corresponding to the mobile device address of the mobile device sending the reply short message and a second axis corresponding to the selected address at which the reply short message is received.
9. A communications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein said short messages are SMS short messages.
10. A communications system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mediating means comprises a network server.
11. Mediating means for providing an interface between a mobile device, having an address and being adapted to receive short messages at said address and to send short messages, and at least one application on a communications network, the mediating means being adapted to send short messages and to receive short messages at a plurality of predetermined addresses, the mediating means being further adapted to send a short message to the mobile device by selecting one of the predetermined addresses from said plurality of predetermined addresses, preparing a short message comprising the selected address as the sender’s address, and sending the prepared short message to the mobile device, the mediating means being further adapted to receive a reply short message from a mobile device at one of said plurality of predetermined addresses and to identify the sent message to which the reply message corresponds from the selected address at which the reply message is received and the mobile device’s address contained in the received reply message.
12. A method of managing asynchronous short message communication with a mobile device having an address and being adapted to receive short messages at said address and to send short messages, the method comprising:
providing a plurality of predetermined addresses at which short messages can be received from the mobile device;
selecting one of the predetermined addresses from said plurality of predetermined addresses;
preparing a short message comprising the selected address as the sender’s address; sending the prepared short message to the mobile device;
receiving a short message at the mobile device and sending from the mobile device a reply short message to the selected address contained in the received short message, the reply short message comprising the mobile device’s address;
receiving a reply short message from the mobile device at one of Said plurality of predetermined addresses; and
identifying the sent message to which the reply message corresponds from the selected address at which the reply message is received and the mobile device’s address contained in the received reply message.
13. A method in accordance with claim 12, comprising providing mediating means for interfacing between the mobile device and at least one application on a communications network, wherein the mediating means is adapted to send short messages and to receive short messages at Said plurality of predetermined addresses, and the mediating means is arranged to perform the steps of:
selecting one of the predetermined addresses, preparing the short message, sending the prepared short message, receiving the reply short message, and identifying the sent message to which the reply message corresponds.
14. A method in accordance with claim 12, wherein the mobile device is provided with a reply function and sending the reply short message comprises using the reply function.
15. A method in accordance with claim 12, wherein said selecting comprises selecting one of the predetermined addresses from the plurality of predetermined addresses at random.
16. A method in accordance with claim 12, comprising sending a plurality of short messages to the mobile device, and selecting a different one of said plurality of predetermined addresses for each of said plurality of messages.
17. A method in accordance with claim 12, comprising keeping track of the predetermined addresses previously selected for short messages sent to the mobile device, and selecting one of the predetermined addresses for a next short message to the mobile device from those predetermined addresses currently available.
18. A method in accordance with claim 17, comprising selecting the address for the next short message at random from those currently available.
19. A method in accordance with claim 12, comprising sending short messages to a plurality of said mobile devices, each having a respective address.
20. A method in accordance with claim 12, comprising storing received reply short messages in a matrix having a first axis corresponding to the mobile device address of the mobile device sending the reply short message and a second axis corresponding to the selected address at which the reply short message is received.
21. A method in accordance with claim 12, wherein said short messages are SMS messages.
22. A method in accordance with claim 12, comprising sending said short messages using the Short Message Service (SMS).
23. A method in accordance with claim 12, further comprising authenticating a client using the mobile device when a reply short message from the mobile device is received at the selected address contained in a prepared short message sent to the mobile device.