Patent ID: 7358988

Claim:
An image signal processor for performing image processing on a first image signal representative of an entire image of a subject field captured by an imaging device to produce a plurality of second entire image signals, comprising: a first memory for storing the first image signal; a plurality of image processors for each performing image processing on the stored first image signal to produce the plurality of second image signals, wherein all second image signals are different from each other; and a second memory for storing each of the plurality of second image signals produced, wherein each of said plurality of image processors performs image processing on the first image signal where each image processor performs a different type of processing from every other image processor, the type of processing being selected from a group consisting of a change of brightness, a change of gradation change characteristics, a correction of a color temperature, a change of saturation, a change of a contour, and a change of a black level of the first image signal stored in said first memory, wherein said plurality of image processors include types and parameters of the image processing such that at least one of the types and parameters of the image processing are different between said plurality of image processors, and wherein said second memory is a non-volatile memory.