This paper describes a framework for integration of image/video pre-processing functionality into a video camera that includes programmable hardware (FPGA). The purpose of the paper is to demonstrate the feasibility of the idea of integrating functional blocks into video cameras, to show a simple method of including the pre-processed results into video camera image data, to demonstrate applications that can benefit from pre-processing, and to present the functional example of the camera with simple functional block along with discussion of the results and conclusions.