Camera Solutions

Qualcomm’s MDDI standard provides a proven solution for the interconnect challenge between the upper and lower clamshell in a flip phone. The MDDI high-speed solution supports variable data rates of up to 3.2 Gbps. The solution decreases the number of signals that connect the digital baseband controller with the LCD display and camera from as many as 90 to as few as eight pins plus power. This reduction in the interconnect complexity decreases the cost of interconnect, increases reliability and reduces the complexity of handset integration by eliminating multiple synchronous high-speed signals through the hinge in advanced multimedia handsets equipped with high-resolution LCD displays and cameras.

The integration of MDDI enables the adoption of advanced features, such as high-definition (QVGA) LCDs and high-resolution megapixel cameras for wireless devices and supports capabilities such as driving a PowerPoint® presentation on an external display or a video projector from a handset.

A Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) approved standard, the MDDI solution is currently available and integrated into select Qualcomm chipsets. These are the first MDDI-enhanced chipsets intended for multimedia handsets. Qualcomm intends to integrate MDDI technology into the full range of next-generation CDMA /UMTS baseband chip and promote the MDDI solution jointly with the industry leaders of LCD panels and megapixel camera.

As multimedia functionality supporting high-resolution photos and video in mobile handsets increases and consumer demand for feature-rich handsets grows, the MDDI standard provides long-range benefits for LCD and camera manufacturers, as well as OEMs.

• Reduced wire count translates to lower cost, increased reliability and reduced power consumption
• Integrates directly to the MSM® chipset, requiring no additional auxiliary components or modules
• Provides a complete, proven solution – Qualcomm’s chipsets interface with most LCD and camera configurations
• Offers a solid standard that is available now
• Shortens development cycles and testing time – enabling faster time-to-market

• Open standard supported by VESA
• High-speed, bidirectional data transfer that supports rates of up to 3200 Mbps
• Simple clock recovery; allows variable data rates for greater system design flexibility
• Hibernation state for very low power consumption
• Combined physical-layer and link-layer provides a complete solution
• Multiple data types simultaneously in both directions (e.g., stereo video + audio + control/status + keyboard + pointing device)
• Reduced traffic on system memory bus (data is sent only when the image changes)

Qualcomm's Qcamcorder solution is a real-time video encoding solution that enables mobile devices to record video and audio simultaneously. Now mobile users can record video on the go and save the file in memory, then share their experience with friends by sending it as a video message. Built upon Qualcomm's existing MSM chipset solution camera architecture and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), the Qcamcorder solution integrates quickly and easily into mobile devices.

• Allows manufacturers to add video applications to their mobile devices quickly and affordably without adding any additional hardware
• Delivers high performance and uses low power in an optimized single-chip solution
• Enables two-way videoconferencing, which differentiates device manufacturers' products and offers wireless operators new revenue streams

• Standards-based video encoder software application (3GPP/3GPP2)
• Ability to record video and audio to memory or storage devices such as MMC
• Video preview and viewfinder, record, stop, pause and resume functions
• Zoom, brightness and contrast control functions
• Ability to replace audio stream in an existing video file with a newly recorded audio stream (audio dubbing)
• Ability to add GPS coordinates to the encoded output file
• Multiple audio codec support — QCELP®, EVRC, AMR
• Multiple display size support — QCIF up to WVGA support
• Interoperability with Qualcomm's Qtv solution

Qualcomm's Qcamera firmware is a cost-effective camera solution that delivers high-quality imaging and flexible image manipulation, as well as rich features comparable to those found on digital still cameras (DSC).

• Eliminates the need for a separate camera processor, saving costs and enabling smaller, sleeker wireless products
• Creates a rich development environment through integration with the Launchpad suite and the BREW® API, enabling customized devices and services for all BREW and other wireless networks
• Delivers performance and a feature set comparable to Digital Still Cameras (DSC), providing operators with the opportunity to share in the growing DSC market
• Provides powerful image processing library functions, including support for manipulating images directly on the wireless device, eliminating the need for uploading to a computer for post-processing

• Integrated interface to CCD and CMOS sensors, with support for up to 4.0 megapixels
• Up to 30 fps viewfinder with flexible frame size and refresh rate
• Megapixel resolution, crop and resize, color correction, rotation, sharpening and sizing, zoom control, preview mode, burst mode, self timer and flash/white LED control
• Save pictures to FLASH or MMC or export images as textures for 3D graphics

Qualcomm's Qtv solution is a feature-rich software video decoder that enables mobile devices to stream, download and play back multimedia content. This software solution has been integrated and optimized for Qualcomm's chipset solutions, ensuring high performance for better user mobile video experiences. The Qtv solution is a fully compliant, standards-based software solution and is the heart of wireless video applications, including streaming video-on-demand (VOD); streaming audio-on-demand (AOD); mobile viewing of real-time content (live cameras); and playback of video messages.

• Allows manufacturers to add video applications quickly and affordably to their mobile devices without adding any additional hardware
• Delivers high performance and low power in an optimized single-chip solution
• Enables mobile video applications, such as VOD and mobile messaging, which differentiates device manufacturers' products and offers wireless operators new revenue streams

• Standards-based video decoder software application (3GPP/3GPP2)
• Streaming video and audio or audio only
• Play, stop, pause and random positioning controls
• Multiple video codec support
• Supports playback and streaming of RealAudio® and RealVideo® content
• Multiple audio codec support: QCELP®, EVRC, AMR, MPEG-4 AAC and MPEG-4 AAC/aacPlus
• Multiple display size support: 96x80, sQCIF (128x96), QCIF (176x144), QVGA and CIF
• Protocol support: RTSP over TCP, RTP/RTCP UDP and session description protocol (SDP)
• High performance decoding 15-30 fps at 32kbps - 384kbps

Qualcomm's Qvideophone solution is a two-way videoconferencing solution that has been tailored to 3G networks such as CDMA2000® and WCDMA/UMTS. Users can perform real-time, mobile videotelephony calls to other mobile users to actually "see" the person with whom they are communicating. The Qvideophone solution provides manufacturers and operators with a high-performance, fully integrated videoconferencing solution based on industry standards, which meets the growing enterprise and consumer demand for two-way video communication worldwide.

• Standards-based videotelephony software application (3G-324M or 323)
• Picture-in-picture support, video zooming, video or audio mute capability, and user-selectable encode quality settings
• Multiple video codec support: MPEG-4 and H.263
• Multip audio codec support: EVRC and AMR
• Multiple display size support: sQCIF (128x96) and QCIF (176x144)
• High videotelephony performance: 15 fps at QCIF