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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1999
Yoichi Mizutani, Saitama, JP;
Masayuki Takezawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideki Matsumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Nakajima, Tokyo, JP;
Toshihisa Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory over a memory controller . In the recording mode, the CCD interface causes the image data from the image generating unit to be written in the image memory via memory controller after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP reads out the image data via memory controller from the image memory to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller in the image memory