An image pipeline performs image processing operations (for example, Bayer-to-RGB conversion, white balancing, autoexposure, autofocus, color correction, gamma correction, zooming, unsharp masking, mirroring, resizing, color space conversion) on tiles whose sizes are varied, whose widths are less than...http://www.google.de/patents/US7864182?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7864182 - Dynamic tile sizing in an image pipeline