COACH 10
Digital Camera Processor
Driving the Digital Lifestyle
Product Brief
Zoran Corporation
1390 Kifer Road
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5305
Te l 408.523.6500
Fax 408.523.6501
www.zoran.com
Description
The COACH 10 highly integrated digital camera processor supports
high ISO-6400 while maintaining image details, jitter stabilization for
both video and still photos, high definition video capture, Advanced
Video Coding (H.264), MPEG-4, DivX, and still picture capture of
over five frames per second at eight megapixels, using Zoran’s
patent-pending still and video processing technologies.
The COACH 10 family enables platforms from entry and mid-level to
DSLR-grade performance and picture quality while also enabling true
video recording at high definition resolution.
COACH 10 Family
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COACH 10D
(part # ZR36487BGCF) – For entry to mid range
DSLR
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COACH 10P
(part # ZR36482BGCF) – For high performance still
and video cameras supporting HD (high definition) video capture
and HDMI interface
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COACH 10M
(part # ZR36480BGCF) – For mainstream still and
video cameras supporting standard definition video capture
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COACH 10S
(part # ZR36483BGCF) – For entry level still
cameras
Feature List
• Up to 16MP image capture resolution
• 16-bit image processing for highest quality
• Click-to-click performance of over 5 frames per second at 8MP
resolution with single buffer
• Dual CPU architecture for advanced image processing algorithms
• Enhanced noise suppression and color reproduction
• Real-time dynamic range enhancement (Z-Light+)
• H.264 video capture and playback of HD (720P) resolution at 30
frames per second
• MPEG-4 encoding uses I, P and B frames for true video quality
• Digital Image Stabilization Technology (DIST) to correct
handshaking and object movement
• Digital Video Motion Stabilization Technology to compensate
unwanted camera movement
• Stereo microphone and audio playback to headphone; mono to
speaker and line out
• On-chip CD quality audio codec
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On-chip HDMI transmitter for native HD (1080i) display support
Rich color On-Screen Display (OSD) with transparency levels
Hardware Picture-in-Picture (PIP) with blending support
Direct output to LCD and TV monitor, on-chip NTSC/PAL encoder
and video DAC
Direct interface to resident flash memory (NAND, OneNAND,
NOR) and/or removable memory card support of CompactFlash
(CF), SmartMedia (SM), Secure Digital (SD), Secure Digital High
Capacity (SDHC), MultiMediaCard (MMC), xD, Memory Stick
(MS), Memory Stick Pro (MS-Pro) and ATA-6 hard disks
Second storage interface to SD, SDIO, MS and MS-Pro
16-bit data SDRAM/DDR/DDR2 interface supporting sizes of
128Mbit, 256Mbit, 512Mbit and 1Gbit
On-chip High Speed USB 2.0 OTG interface
CCIR-601 input port for capturing from an external TV decoder
Micro stepping motor control for fast and quiet lens movement
Generic serial port for interfacing with peripheral hardware units
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Firmware Highlights
• Embedded host control (HCE) software architecture enables
customer creation of DSC applications with minimal effort
• Backward compatibility with previous COACH software API set
• Open firmware architecture for easy customer modification
• All standard camera operation modes
• Advanced bit rate control (BRC) guarantees size of compressed
video clips at maximum visual quality
• Advanced GUI support including rich OSD, bitmaps, picture in
picture and more
• Variety of protocols for USB interface supported including:
- PC Video Capture mode, for capturing real time video to PC
- WIA, Twain, and Twain 2 protocol for direct retrieving of images
and live video
- Bulk-Only mass storage, for representing camera as a PC drive.
No drivers required for most operating systems
- PTP & MTP
- Pictbridge
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