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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Soichiro Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); G06T 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3452 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/376 (2013.01); G06T 1/60 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus takes data read out in parallel from m rows (2≤m<M) of a region, of an image sensor having M×N pixels, and stores n columns' worth (2≤n<N) of the read-out data in first memory. The apparatus stores the M×N pixels' worth of data in second memory by storing m×n pixels' worth of data in units of o×p pixels (2≤o<m, 2≤p≤n), and transfers the M×N pixels' worth of data, to third memory in the units of o×p pixels. The apparatus outputs the data stored in the third memory one row at a time so that the data are arranged in the original order.