US 12,323,708 B2
Imaging element, imaging apparatus, image data processing method, and program that performs imaging in a first frame rate and outputs data in a second frame rate
Hitoshi Sakurabu, Saitama (JP); Ryo Hasegawa, Saitama (JP); and Tomoyuki Kawai, Saitama (JP)
Assigned to FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by FUJIFILM CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/465,139.
Application 18/465,139 is a continuation of application No. 18/054,533, filed on Nov. 10, 2022, granted, now 11,792,519.
Application 18/054,533 is a continuation of application No. 17/180,888, filed on Feb. 22, 2021, granted, now 11,533,437, issued on Dec. 20, 2022.
Application 17/180,888 is a continuation of application No. PCT/JP2019/025646, filed on Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-163996 (JP), filed on Aug. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0421904 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/69 (2023.01) [H04N 5/2628 (2013.01); H04N 23/651 (2023.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01); H04N 23/951 (2023.01); H04N 25/443 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging element comprising:
a memory that stores captured image data obtained by imaging a subject at a first frame rate;
an image processing circuit that performs processing on the captured image data; and
an output circuit that outputs output image data, obtained by performing the processing on the captured image data, to an exterior of the imaging element at a second frame rate,
wherein the image processing circuit performs cut-out processing with respect to one frame of the captured image data, the cut-out processing including cutting out partial image data indicating an image of a part of the subject in the captured image data from a designated address in the memory,
the image processing circuit selects, based on image quality instructions received by the imaging element, a first cut-out processing or a second cut-out processing in which the partial image data is cut out in a higher resolution than that used in the first cut-out processing, when performing the cut-out processing,
the output image data includes image data based on the partial image data that is cut out from the captured image data as a result of performing the cut-out processing by the image processing circuit,
the first frame rate is a frame rate higher than the second frame rate,
the captured image data stored by the memory includes a plurality of frames,
the partial image data cut out in the cut-out processing includes the plurality of frames of the captured image data stored in the memory, and
the output circuit outputs, as the output image data, image data that is obtained by combining the partial image data that includes the plurality of frames.