US 11,895,407 B2
Imaging device and imaging method
Fuminori Nohara, Tokyo (JP); and Tatsuya Tanaka, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/597,667
Filed by SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/026972
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 17, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/015000, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 28, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-136103 (JP), filed on Jul. 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263993 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/73 (2023.01) [H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device, comprising:
a sensor unit configured to capture an image and transfer the captured image as image data; and
a temporary memory configured to:
temporarily store the image data transferred from the sensor unit; and
transfer the image data to a main memory, wherein
in a case where high-speed continuous imaging is instructed, the temporary memory is further configured to:
sequentially store a plurality of pieces of the image data, corresponding to a plurality of images, transferred from the sensor unit at a determined speed in a state where the transfer of the image data to the main memory is stopped, wherein the plurality of images includes the captured image; and
sequentially transfer the stored plurality of pieces of the image data to the main memory after a stop of the high-speed continuous imaging is instructed, wherein the stored plurality of pieces of the image data is transferred to the main memory at a speed lower than the determined speed.