A camera module compresses image data and produces a thumbnail image of this image data in FIFO order (First In First Out) by several lines of the image so as to enable transmission of the image data to the host module while significantly decreasing the size of the frame buffer memory. This can be achieved...http://www.google.com.tw/patents/US7362970?utm_source=gb-gplus-share專利 US7362970 - Electronic device for compressing image data and producing thumbnail image, image processing apparatus, and data structure