Patent ID: 11895407
Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. 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 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; and
sequentially transfer the stored plurality of pieces of the image data to the main memory at a speed lower than the determined speed, and

in a case where normal continuous imaging is instructed, the temporary memory is further configured to:
function as a configuration capable of storing the image data of one image;
temporarily store the image data and then transfer the image data to the main memory after the image data is transferred at the determined speed from the sensor unit; and
temporarily store new image data transferred at the determined speed from the sensor unit and then transfer the new image data to the main memory, until stop of the normal continuous imaging is instructed.