Patent ID: 8836828
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device comprising: an imaging element that is capable of imaging an imaging object; and an imaging control circuit that controls an imaging operation of the imaging element, the imaging element including the imaging control circuit including the imaging device further comprising a nonvolatile memory that stores the imaging control information, the imaging control circuit having a second imaging control information update device that performs, in response to establishment of a second predetermined condition, a first update processing of reading, from the nonvolatile memory, imaging control information identical with the imaging control information stored in the first register, and rewriting the imaging control information stored in the second register with the imaging control information readout, wherein the nonvolatile memory stores, in addition to the imaging control information, operation control information for controlling the operation of each component of the imaging control circuit; the imaging control circuit includes a third register that stores the operation control information, an operation control information storage device that reads the operation control information from the nonvolatile memory and stores the operation control information readout in the third register, and an operation control information update device that performs, during an imaging operation of the imaging element, in response to establishment of the second predetermined condition, a second update processing of reading out the operation control information from the nonvolatile memory, and rewriting the operation control information stored in the third register with the operation control information readout; and the second imaging control information update device performs the first update processing after completion of the second update processing.