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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadakuni Narabu, Kanagawa, JP;
Takahiro Fukuhara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tadakuni Narabu, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is applied to imaging apparatuses including video cameras for recording moving pictures, electronic still cameras, monitoring devices and such. An image pickup meansand an image compressing meansare connected integrally by a wiring layer formed on a surface of the image pickup meansopposite a light-receiving surface of the image pickup means. The image pickup meansprovides processing units of image data Srelating to an image compressing process sequentially. Image data on a partial area in an effective image area is compressed to detect a code amount in advance. A data compressing ratio is determined on the basis of the code amount, and the image data is compressed at the image compressing ratio.