Patent ID: 7676150
Filing Date: 2010-03-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising: an image pickup element which receives subject light incident via a photographing lens, converts the subject light into a picked-up image signal, and outputs the image signal; an image data conversion section which converts the picked-up image signal outputted from the image pickup element into image data and outputs the image data; a storage section which temporarily stores at least the image data outputted by the image data conversion section; a recording section which records the image data stored in the storage section; a photographing condition setting section which sets photographing conditions of a subject; a photographing condition determination section which determines whether the image data in the storage section meet the photographing conditions set by the photographing condition setting section; and a photographing control section which deletes from the storage section image data determined by the photographing condition determination section not to meet the photographing conditions, and records into the recording section image data determined by the photographing condition determination section to meet the photographing conditions, wherein the photographing control section causes, until the photographing condition determination section determines that any of the image data stored in the storage section meets the photographing conditions, the image pickup element to re-execute output of picked-up image signals, the image data conversion section to re-execute conversion of the picked-up image signals into image data and output of the image data, and the storage section to re-execute storing of the image data.