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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2008
Toshiki Fujisawa, Osaka, JP;
Toru Shiono, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Yano, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Maehama, Osaka, JP;
Akira Fukuda, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Nara, Osaka, JP;
Toshiki Fujisawa, Osaka, JP;
Toru Shiono, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Yano, Osaka, JP;
Shinichi Maehama, Osaka, JP;
Akira Fukuda, Osaka, JP;
Shinya Nara, Osaka, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image-capturing apparatus includes an image-capturing unit configured to sequentially output image data in a RAW format related to each of captured images as a result of a continuous series of image capturing operations; a signal processor configured to perform a predetermined process on the image data in a RAW format and output processed image data; image processing circuits configured to perform a luminance/color-difference conversion process and a data compression process on the processed image data and output compressed image data; and a recording controller configured to cause compressed image data output from the image processing circuits to be recorded in a predetermined recorder. The signal processor includes a selection output unit configured to selectively output the processed image data related to each of the captured images to the image processing circuits and cause the image processing related to each captured image to be shared by the image processing circuits.