Patent ID: 7295231
Filing Date: 2007-11-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A digital camera, comprising: an imaging device having an imaging surface which generates an image signal corresponding to an optical image of an objective scene; a processor for subjecting the image signal generated by said imaging surface to signal processes including a thinning process performed by a thinning-out circuit so as to create processed image data at a rate of one screen per a first time period; a memory having a single input/output port; a writer for writing to said memory the processed image data output from said processor; a reader for reading the processed image data stored in said memory at a rate of one screen per a second time period which is shorter than the first time period; a displayer for displaying an image based on the processed image data read out by said reader; a first instructor for instructing said processor to suspend the thinning process at a time of accepting a recording operation; a recorder for recording to a record medium the processed image data stored in said memory in response to the recording operation, and further comprising a second instructor for instructing said reader to suspend a reading process in association with an instructing process of said first instructor; a buffer in communication with said memory; a first switch; and a shutter button, wherein said first switch disconnects said thinning-out circuit from said buffer to disable said thinning-out circuit when said shutter button is operated.