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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2003
Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Hirakata, JP;
Tomoaki Tsutsumi, Kadoma, JP;
Yukihiro Tanizoe, Kadoma, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An imaging system includes an imaging device which outputs a plurality of digital signals each of which indicating an amount of light irradiating on a corresponding one of a plurality of pixels arranged in two dimensions, a pre-processor which reduces an amount of data of the plurality of the digital signals output by the imaging device, a processor which processes digital signals, a memory which stores the digital signals, and a memory controller which stores the plurality of the digital signals output by the pre-processor in the memory and reads the plurality of the digital signals from the memory to output the plurality of the digital signals to the processor.