Patent ID: 7474838
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable imaging apparatus comprising: imaging means; display means for displaying an image captured by the imaging means; storage means for transiently storing image data from said imaging means; control means for controlling write and read operations of the image data to and from said storage means; and a plurality of signal processing means, each for performing preset signal processing of the image data; and for outputting a request signal to said control means, said request signal requesting one of transmitting and receiving of the image data by the respective signal processing means in association with its own signal processing operation; wherein said control means: wherein the order of priority of said plural signal processing means is set according to a data volume of the image data; wherein the plurality of operating modes includes a finder mode, in which an image captured by the imaging means is displayed on the display means in real-time; wherein the plurality of signal processing means includes input processing means for performing processing on image data of the captured image, display processing means for performing processing to display the image data in real-time on the display means, and processing means for performing processing different from that of the input processing means and the display processing means; and wherein, in the finder mode, the control means preferentially select the input processing means and the display processing means.