Patent ID: 6977683

Claim:
A digital camera that records a captured image as digital data and that interfaces with an external device, said digital camera comprising: an image pickup device equipped with color filters that are located so as to correspond to individual pixels and that perform color separation of the image signals; an A/D converter that converts the image signals obtained by said image pickup device into digital image data; a recording device that records, together with said digital image data, data regarding the alignment of the color filters located so as to correspond to individual pixels; a data processor that, after performing color separation of said digital image data into pixel data of different colors based on said recorded filter alignment data, interpolates for missing pixels for each color using a first process; and a display device that reproduces the image comprising complete pixel data of different colors that is obtained from the data processor, wherein said external device interpolates for missing pixels for each color using a second process which is different from the first process.