Imaging device and imaging method
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorYoko SAITO
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Abstract
An imaging device, comprising an image sensor that has a plurality of pixels, and outputs pixel data by forming an image using the plurality of pixels, and an image processing circuit that receives the pixel data from the image sensor by means of a transmission path, wherein the image sensor attaches special information at specified positions within rows of pixel data and outputs the data, and the image processing circuit detects the special information of the rows of pixel data, and identifies transmission errors for the transmission path based on results of detection of the special information.
Claims18
An imaging device, comprising:
- an image sensor that has a plurality of pixels, and outputs pixel data by forming an image using the plurality of pixels;
- and
- an image processing circuit that receives the pixel data from the image sensor by means of transmission path;
- wherein
- the image sensor attaches special information at specified positions within lines of pixel data and outputs the data, and
- the image processing circuit detects the special information of the lines of pixel data, and identifies transmission errors for the transmission path based on results of detection of the special information.
An imaging method for forming an image using a plurality of pixels of an image sensor and outputting pixel data, and receiving the pixel data from the image sensor by means of transmission path, the imaging method comprising:
- attaching and outputting special information to specified positions within lines of pixel data;
- and
- detecting the special information of the lines of pixel data, and identifying transmission errors for the transmission path based on results of detection of the special information.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium, storing a processor executable code, which when executed by at least one processor, that is arranged within an imaging device that forms an image using a plurality of pixels of an image sensor and outputs pixel data, and receives the pixel data from the image sensor by means of transmission path, performs an imaging method, the imaging method comprising:
- attaching and outputting special information to specified positions within lines of pixel data;
- and
- detecting the special information of the lines of pixel data, and identifying transmission errors for the transmission path based on results of detection of the special information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.