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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Chisato Yoshida, Saitama, JP;

Osamu Date, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 19/46 (2014.01); H04N 19/164 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23222 (2013.01); H04N 1/00307 (2013.01); H04N 1/00347 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 19/164 (2014.11); H04N 19/46 (2014.11); H04N 2201/0025 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0027 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0041 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0049 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0065 (2013.01); H04N 2201/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract

This invention relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method for supplying an optimum amount of image data to another apparatus. When a PDAhas a maximum transfer rate of 1.5 Mbps, a mobile phonedetermines that a maximum speed of communication with the PDAis low, reduces accordingly the amount of moving image data captured by a CCD of the mobile phone, and supplies the captured moving image data to the PDA. The PDAdisplays a low-quality moving imageon its display unit. When the PDAhas a maximum transfer rate of 480 Mbps, the CPU of the mobile phone leaves unchanged the amount of moving picture data captured by the CCD and supplies the captured moving image data to the PDA. The PDAthen displays a high-quality moving imageon the display unit. This invention applies advantageously to digital cameras.


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