Patent ID: 9282255
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging element configured to generate a data in response to an irradiated light; a reception section configured to receive a timing trigger from a first external apparatus at a timing for reset and readout, respectively, of the imaging element, the timing trigger received via a first link, wherein the timing trigger controls an imaging operation of the imaging element; an output section configured to provide back, to the first external apparatus, a status indicating in which state the imaging element is when the reception section receives the timing trigger; and an interface configured to transmit the data from the imaging element to a second external apparatus different from the first external apparatus via a second link different from the first link, wherein the reception section is configured to receive and process the timing trigger from the first external apparatus at the same time that the interface transmits the data to the second external apparatus.