Patent ID: 8189064

Claim:
An imaging apparatus, comprising: an imaging device including a color filter having a predetermined color array, the imaging device converting an optical image obtained through an optical system into image data of an electrical signal; and a coordinate transforming unit that performs a coordinate transform of transforming a first coordinate value of the imaging device into a second coordinate value in a state of the color array according to a color of the color filter corresponding to the first coordinate value; wherein the imaging device reads out a pixel value of a pixel at the second coordinate value as a pixel value of a pixel at the first coordinate value taking the first coordinate value as a coordinate transform destination and the second coordinate value as a coordinate transform source, and wherein the coordinate transforming unit performs the coordinate transform so that the imaging device reads out each pixel in the image data of the color array by setting a pixel value of a pixel of the coordinate transform source as a pixel value of a pixel of the coordinate transform destination when a color of the color array of the coordinate transform source is the same as that of the coordinate transform destination and setting a pixel value of a pixel at a coordinate value of a same color as that of the coordinate transform destination closest to the coordinate transform source as the pixel value of the pixel of the coordinate transform destination when the color of the color array of the coordinate transform source is different from that of the coordinate transform destination.