Abstract: Programming hardware registers using a pipelined register bus, and related methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed. In one aspect, a method for communicating over a register bus comprises initiating, at a register bus master, a request comprising an address, and passing the request from the register bus master to a first register bus slave of a processor module via a register bus. The method further comprises decoding the address at a module core of the processor module, and determining whether the address corresponds to the processor module. The method also comprises, responsive to determining that the address corresponds to the processor module, processing the request by the module core, and passing the same request as-is to a second register bus slave. The method additionally comprises, responsive to determining that the address does not correspond to the processor module, passing the same request as-is to the second register bus slave.

Abstract: An image divided into N pixel blocks, stored block wise in a camera core and transferred block wise from the camera core to a downstream processing engine local to the local memory. A direct handshaking is communicated, between the camera core and the downstream processing engine, in the block wise transfers. Optionally an optical sensor scanner divides the image with a scan rate N times a frame rate, each scan providing a block of the frame. Optionally, the block wise transfer includes a transfer through a local memory, local to the camera core, controlled by the direct handshaking.

Abstract: An image divided into N pixel blocks, stored block wise in a camera core and transferred block wise from the camera core to a downstream processing engine local to the local memory. A direct handshaking is communicated, between the camera core and the downstream processing engine, in the block wise transfers. Optionally an optical sensor scanner divides the image with a scan rate N times a frame rate, each scan providing a block of the frame. Optionally, the block wise transfer includes a transfer through a local memory, local to the camera core, controlled by the direct handshaking.