Patent ID: 9661284
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: G02B,H04N

Claim:
1. A solid-state imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging unit that images a subject to generate a plurality of pieces of image data having information corresponding to different types of color components at same pixel positions; an operation mode setting unit that sets an operation mode of the imaging unit; a thinning rate setting unit that sets a thinning rate relative to each of the plurality of pieces of image data of the different types of color components in accordance with the operation mode; a thinning processor that performs thinning processing relative to each of the plurality of pieces of image data of the different types of color components generated by the imaging unit in accordance with the thinning rate; and a transmission unit that includes a plurality of transmission channels through which each of the plurality of pieces of image data of different types of color components are individually transmitted, and transmits part of image data of a type of color components for which the thinning rate is low by using a transmission channel used for image data of a type of color components for which the thinning rate is high.