US 11,750,937 B2
Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method
Ryota Kosakai, Tokyo (JP); Katsutoshi Aiki, Kanagawa (JP); Nobuyuki Sato, Tokyo (JP); Hiroki Nagahama, Tokyo (JP); Masatoshi Sase, Kanagawa (JP); and Yutaka Yoneda, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/746,810.
Application 17/746,810 is a continuation of application No. 17/203,471, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, granted, now 11,388,380.
Application 17/203,471 is a continuation of application No. 16/888,224, filed on May 29, 2020, granted, now 10,986,323.
Application 16/888,224 is a continuation of application No. 16/391,771, filed on Apr. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,708,563.
Application 16/391,771 is a continuation of application No. 15/855,060, filed on Dec. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,313,648.
Application 15/855,060 is a continuation of application No. 15/581,208, filed on Apr. 28, 2017, granted, now 9,866,811.
Application 15/581,208 is a continuation of application No. 15/001,442, filed on Jan. 20, 2016, granted, now 9,661,291.
Application 15/001,442 is a continuation of application No. 14/662,291, filed on Mar. 19, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/662,291 is a continuation of application No. 14/462,615, filed on Aug. 19, 2014, granted, now 9,025,929.
Application 14/462,615 is a continuation of application No. 12/447,480, granted, now 8,849,090, previously published as PCT/JP2007/070389, filed on Oct. 12, 2007.
Claims priority of application No. 2006-293836 (JP), filed on Oct. 30, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279154 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 23/88 (2023.01); H04N 7/01 (2006.01); H04N 23/10 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/84 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 5/783 (2006.01); G11B 31/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01); G11B 27/00 (2006.01); G11B 27/031 (2006.01); H04N 9/69 (2023.01); H04N 9/79 (2006.01); H04N 9/80 (2006.01); H04N 9/87 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/88 (2023.01) [G11B 27/005 (2013.01); G11B 27/031 (2013.01); G11B 31/006 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 5/772 (2013.01); H04N 5/783 (2013.01); H04N 5/91 (2013.01); H04N 7/0127 (2013.01); H04N 9/69 (2013.01); H04N 9/7904 (2013.01); H04N 9/80 (2013.01); H04N 9/87 (2013.01); H04N 23/10 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 23/843 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/75 (2023.01); H04N 7/0105 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image processing apparatus, comprising:
circuitry configured to receive a first number of first frames of image data that have not yet been subjected to white balance processing, gamma correction processing, and YC conversion processing at a first image size or a first frame rate outputted by an image sensor that includes a color filter array; and
at least one first storage medium encoded with executable instructions that, when executed by the circuitry, cause the circuitry to:
store the image data, without performing white balance processing, gamma correction processing, and YC conversion processing thereon, on a second storage medium while the second storage medium is attached to the image processing apparatus, the second storage medium being configured to be detachable from the image processing apparatus so as to allow the image data to be processed by an external device separate from the image processing apparatus when the second storage medium is detached from the image processing apparatus; and
generate a first signal representing a first white-balanced, gamma-corrected, and YC converted image sequence by processing the first frames of image data to generate a second number of second frames of image data, and by performing at least one of white balance processing, gamma correction processing, or YC conversion processing on the second frames of image data at a second image size which is lower than the first image size, or at a second frame rate which is lower than the first frame rate.