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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshiaki Miyamoto, Tama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/917 (2006.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2013.01); H04N 5/335 (2013.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 5/917 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor provided with an imaging unit including a plurality of photoelectric converters, the image sensor comprises: an input unit to which compressed image data is input from the outside of the image sensor; a decompressor for decompressing the compressed image data input from the input unit; and an image processor that applies image processing to image pickup data obtained from the imaging unit and to the image data decompressed by the decompressor.