原创 Zoran COACH8 数码相机解决方案

发布公司：Zoran Corporation

官方网站：http://www.zoran.com/

COACH 8 is an application specific digital signal processing IC, which constitutes the heart of a digital camera for capturing still images and video. It provides a complete, integrated, low power and low cost solution for digital camera manufacturers. Coach 8 innovative features and integrations offer competitive performance and picture quality for digital cameras. The COACH 8 family enables platforms from entry-level to high end cameras including high quality digital video camcorders.

Feature List

Up to 16M Pixels image capture resolution

Click to click performance of 3 to 4 frames/sec at 5MP resolution

16-bit image processing for highest quality, includes multiple Zoran proprietary (patent pending) technologies.

Image enhancement and manipulation effects for better viewing and printing quality

Capable of WMV MPEG-4, video capture and playback of VGA resolution at 30 frames/sec including audio
  
File formats including ASF, DivX, AVI and MOV can be supported

MPEG-4 encoding uses I, P and B frames for true video quality

Digital Video Motion Stabilization technology (patent pending) to compensate for unwanted camera movement during video capture

Capable of several Audio codecs including: WMA; Dolby Digital AAC; ADPCM; MPEG1

On-chip HDMI transmitter for native HD display support

Rich color on-screen display (OSD) with transparency levels

Picture-in-Picture with blending support in hardware
Direct output to TV monitor, on-chip encoder and video D/A
Digital video interface to LCD. Includes on-chip programmable controller for multiple LCD vendors

32-bit MIPS CPU provides ease of development and porting of SW applications

Direct interface to resident flash memory (NAND or NOR type) and/or removable memory card support (CompactFlash (CF), SmartMedia (SSFDC), Secure Digital (SD), MultiMediaCard (MMC), High Speed MMC (HSMMC) xD, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro (MS-Pro) and SDRAM storage

Direct interface to ATA-6 (or subset) hard disks.

16-bits data DDR-SDRAM interface supporting sizes of 64Mbit, 128Mbit, 256Mbit, 512Mbit and 1Gbit

On-chip High Speed USB 2.0 OTG interface

CCIR-601 input port for capturing from an external TV decoder.

Firmware Highlights

Embedded host control (HCE) software architecture enables customer creation of DSC applications with minimal effort

Backward compatibility with previous COACH software API set

Open firmware architecture for easy customer modification

All standard camera operation modes

Image playback allows up to 16x digital zoom, accelerated playback and image rotation
Advanced GUI support including rich OSD, bitmaps, picture in picture and more

Resizable, multicolor fonts

Optional audio annotation of pictures

Playback and recording of sound in AVI clips

Sound effects, including shutter effects

Dictaphone feature

Variety of protocols for USB interface supported including:

PC Video Capture mode, for capturing real time video (MJPEG compressed) to PC

WIA, Twain, and Twain 2 protocol for direct retrieving of images and live video

Bulk-Only Mass Storage, for representing camera as a PC drive. No drivers required for most operating systems

PTP

Pictbridge, for direct printing to all printers supporting Pictbridge interface