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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Tatsuya Arai, Funabashi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an imaging apparatus for realizing real time image display and the like while controlling the processing performance of an external circuit and the size of the circuit when outputting a large amount of data from an image sensor at a high speed, and is provided with (a) an image sensor including, a plurality of light receiving units disposed in rows and columns, an A/D conversion unit, a compression unit for compressing outputs from the A/D conversion unit row by row, and (b) a first data processing unit for thinning compressed data row by row, a first data decompression unit that decompresses outputs of the first data processing unit; and a first image processing unit which carries out a predetermined processing on outputs of the first data decompression unit.