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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2005
Hiromasa Ikeyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushige Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Ikeyama, Tokyo, JP;
Kazushige Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Hara, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Nishide, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup device generating image signals of picked up images; a converting unit converting the image signals generated by the image pickup device to digital image signals; a memory storing the image signals obtained by the converting unit; and a memory control unit controlling writing the image signals in the memory and reading the image signals from the memory. The memory control unit assigns bands of the memory in order to simultaneously perform writing image signals in the memory and reading the image signals from the memory for displaying picked up images and/or reading the image signals from the memory for recording picked up images at different frame rates.