In image input devices such as digital still cameras, processing is speeded up and power consumption is reduced by arranging in a RPU (23) performing real time processing of a pixel data from a CCD (21), such that only special exceptional image processing not being prepared previously is subjected to...http://www.google.de/patents/US20040105016?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20040105016 - Image processing circuit of image input device