Imaging device, imaging method
AssigneeSony Group Corporation
InventorsYuki Kawaguchi, Koji Ozaki, Masaya Kinoshita, Akira Iwase
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Abstract
There is provided an imaging device including: a signal processing unit configured to cause a series of picture data being continuously acquired to be temporarily stored in a buffer memory area in a signal processing process, read out the series of picture data from the buffer memory area, and perform a subsequent signal processing; and a control unit configured to perform control for deleting at least a part of the picture data stored in the buffer memory area, on a basis of detecting a predetermined operation while the signal processing is being performed on the series of picture data by the signal processing unit.
Claims18
An imaging device comprising:
- a signal processor configured to perform a first signal processing for a first image capturing operation responsive to a first actuation of a first button, the first image capturing operation being a continuous shooting imaging operation, the first signal processing including temporarily storing a series of continuously acquired image data in a buffer memory area and reading out the series of image data from the buffer memory area, the signal processor being further configured to perform a second signal processing that is subsequent to the first signal processing, the second signal processing being for a second image capturing operation responsive to a second actuation of the first button, the second image capturing operation being separate and distinct from the first image capturing operation;
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- a controller configured to obviate at least a part of the image data stored in the buffer memory area following detection of a predetermined operation during execution of the first signal processing to allow the second signal processing to be performed immediately following the second actuation of the first button, wherein
- the predetermined operation is responsive to actuation of a second button that is distinct from the first button.
An imaging method of an imaging device including a signal processor configured to perform a first signal processing for a first image capturing operation responsive to a first actuation of a first button, the first image capturing operation being a continuous shooting imaging operation, the first signal processing including temporarily storing a series of continuously acquired image data in a buffer memory area and reading out the series of image data from the buffer memory area, the signal processing being further configured to perform a second signal processing that is subsequent to the first signal processing, the second signal processing being for a second image capturing operation responsive to a second actuation of the first button, the second image capturing operation being separate and distinct from the first image capturing operation, the imaging method comprising:
- detecting a predetermined operation during execution of the first signal processing on the series of image data;
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- obviating at least a part of the image data stored in the buffer memory area following detection of the predetermined operation to allow the second signal processing to be performed immediately following the second actuation of the first button, wherein
- the predetermined operation is responsive to actuation of a second button that is distinct from the first button.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.