Patent ID: 9712725
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06T,G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. An imaging apparatus for providing image data to an external image processing device, comprising: an imager that performs imaging of a subject in a shooting environment and generates RAW data representing an image of the subject being imaged; a metadata receiver that receives, in real time, a measured illuminance value of the illuminance of the shooting environment of the subject being imaged at the time the subject is imaged, an effective marker having a value that is determined via a user input to identify an area in the image of the subject intended by the user for framing and color correction information corresponding to the image of the subject and converts the measured illuminance value into an exposure index; an image information acquirer that acquires imaging information representing imaging parameters of the imager at the time the subject is imaged; and an output that associates metadata with the RAW data of the subject being imaged, the metadata including the exposure index value, the effective marker, the color correction information and the imaging information acquired at the time the subject is imaged and outputs the associated RAW data without change, its associated metadata and the imaging information to the external image processing device for processing the RAW data in accordance with the associated metadata.