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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Takashi Tsujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatsugu Fukunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Miyakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuho Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Kyoko Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoki Numata, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Tsujimura, Tokyo, JP;
Takuro Enomoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Masatsugu Fukunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Miyakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Nobuho Ikeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Manabu Kubo, Tokyo, JP;
Kyoko Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Yoneda, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoki Numata, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus having an image capturing unit capturing an image, a first recording unit temporarily recording an original image signal output from the image capturing unit, a processing unit performing predetermined signal processing upon the original image signal output from the image capturing unit, and an instructing unit instructing the processing unit to capture a still image. When the processing unit is instructed to capture a still image by the instructing unit while performing moving image signal processing upon the original image signal output from the image capturing unit, the processing unit may cause the first recording unit to record the original image signal output from the image capturing unit. In addition, the processing unit may read out the recorded original image signal from the first recording unit and perform still image signal processing upon the read out original image signal while suspending the moving image signal processing.