A transmitting device for communicating via a multimedia communication link includes a compression circuitry that receives blanking period data corresponding to blanking states of video blanking periods. The compression circuitry compresses the blanking period data into compressed blanking period data. The transmitting device also includes an interface that transmits signals corresponding to the compressed blanking period data via one or more multimedia channels of the multimedia communication link.

An image sensor bridge interface is provided. The interface is situated between an image sensor and a processor. The interface comprises an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) decoupled from both image signals provided from the image sensor and a processor connected to the integrated circuit. The FPGA separates Ultraviolet (UV) and Infrared (IR) data values from image sensor-provided image data and embeds the UV and IR data values within the horizontal blanking, vertical blanking, and/or active video components of a video feed. The video feed provided from the integrated circuit to the processor using a standard video interface, and the processor providing the video feed or providing UV images, IR images, and Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) images separated from the video feed to a computing core of a host device.

An image sensor bridge interface is provided. The interface is situated between an image sensor and a processor. The interface comprises an integrated circuit. The integrated circuit comprises a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) decoupled from both image signals provided from the image sensor and a processor connected to the integrated circuit. The FPGA separates Ultraviolet (UV) and Infrared (IR) data values from image sensor-provided image data and embeds the UV and IR data values within the horizontal blanking, vertical blanking, and/or active video components of a video feed. The video feed provided from the integrated circuit to the processor using a standard video interface, and the processor providing the video feed or providing UV images, IR images, and Red, Green, and Blue (RGB) images separated from the video feed to a computing core of a host device.

A transmitting device for communicating via a multimedia communication link includes a compression circuitry that receives blanking period data corresponding to blanking states of video blanking periods. The compression circuitry compresses the blanking period data into compressed blanking period data. The transmitting device also includes an interface that transmits signals corresponding to the compressed blanking period data via one or more multimedia channels of the multimedia communication link.

A transmitting device for communicating via a multimedia communication link includes a compression circuitry that receives blanking period data corresponding to blanking states of video blanking periods. The compression circuitry compresses the blanking period data into compressed blanking period data. The transmitting device also includes an interface that transmits signals corresponding to the compressed blanking period data via one or more multimedia channels of the multimedia communication link.