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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2012
Applicant:
Tatsuo Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Tatsuo Maeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2354 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an imaging apparatus that includes a reception section, and an output section. The reception section is configured to receive a trigger from an external apparatus at a timing for reset and readout of an imaging element. The output section is configured to provide back, to the apparatus, a status indicating in which state the imaging element is when the reception section receives the trigger.