Image capturing apparatus, image processing method, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium

An image processing method, comprising:

• generating encoded data by encoding an image that has been created by shooting a subject;
• and
• calculating a parameter for encoding the image, and providing the parameter for the purpose of generating the encoded data, wherein
• while encoded data of a first image to be encoded is being generated in the generating, a first parameter for encoding a second image to be encoded next is calculated based on an encoding result of a third image that has been encoded immediately before the first image, and
• in a period from completion of encoding of the first image in the generating to a start of encoding of the second image in the generating, one of the first parameter and a second parameter is provided as a parameter for encoding the second image based on a correlation between the first image and the third image, wherein the first parameter being calculated based on the encoding result of the third image, and the second parameter being independent of the encoding result of the third image.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a processor of an image capturing apparatus, causes the processor to perform an image processing method, the method comprising:

• generating encoded data by encoding an image that has been created by shooting a subject;
• and
• calculating a parameter for encoding the image, and providing the parameter for the purpose of generating the encoded data, wherein
• while encoded data of a first image to be encoded is being generated in the generating, a first parameter for encoding a second image to be encoded next is calculated based on an encoding result of a third image that has been encoded immediately before the first image, and
• in a period from completion of encoding of the first image in the generating to a start of encoding of the second image in the generating, one of the first parameter and a second parameter is provided as a parameter for encoding the second image based on a correlation between the first image and the third image, wherein the first parameter being calculated based on the encoding result of the third image, and the second parameter being independent of the encoding result of the third image.