Image processing device and method thereof, imaging element, and imaging device

An imaging element comprising:

• an imaging section that captures an image of a subject;
• an adaptive processing section that executes adaptive image processing of the captured image which has been generated by the imaging section and in which signal amplification has been executed;
• and
• an encoding section that executes simple encoding of the captured image having undergone the adaptive image processing executed by the adaptive processing section.

An imaging device comprising:

• an imaging element including
• an imaging section that captures an image of a subject,
• an adaptive processing section that executes adaptive image processing of the captured image which has been generated by the imaging section and in which signal amplification has been executed, and
• an encoding section that generates encoded data by executing simple encoding of the captured image having undergone the adaptive image processing executed by the adaptive processing section;
• and
• a decoding section that executes simple decoding of the encoded data generated by the encoding section.