Patent ID: 7948543

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging element which is equipped with a color filter array with different spectral transmittances and which photoelectrically converts an image formed by an optical system to acquire photoelectrically converted signals, wherein image data including pixel data of an image to be output is obtained from the photoelectrically converted signals; an image scaling ratio selecting unit which selects an image scaling ratio for the image to be output from the imaging element; a readout rule setting unit which sets a readout rule for the pixel data of the image to be output in accordance with the selected image scaling ratio; a readout control unit which reads out thinned-out pixel data from the imaging element in accordance with the set readout rule; and a full color data generator which generates full color data from the read out thinned-out pixel data by obtaining weighting coefficients for generation of each color component of the full color data based on an inverse proportional relationship of a distance between positions of each pixel in a lattice pattern of the full color data to be generated and positions of a center of gravity of the corresponding pixels in the read out thinned-out pixel data.