Patent ID: 8345138

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: an imaging element which includes pixels arranged in two-dimensional array, the pixels outputting an imaging signal in synchronization with a first synchronizing signal; an image signal transmitter which superimposes a second synchronizing signal on the imaging signal and transmits an image signal obtained by a superimposition, the second synchronizing signal indicating a start position in vertical and horizontal directions in the two-dimensional array and being different from the first synchronizing signal; an image signal receiver which receives the image signal transmitted from the image signal transmitter, and separates the received image signal into the imaging signal and second synchronizing signal; a signal processor which processes the separated imaging signal based on the separated second synchronizing signal; and a control unit which receives the first synchronizing signal, and controls peripheral circuits in synchronization with the first synchronizing signal, wherein the imaging signal and second synchronizing signal are input to the image signal transmitter as parallel data, wherein the image signal transmitter performs the superimposition to convert the imaging signal and second synchronizing signal to a serial data image signal, and transmits the serial data image signal obtained by the superimposition in serial format, and wherein the image signal receiver separates the serial data image into the imaging signal and second synchronizing signal, and outputs the separated imaging signal and separated second synchronizing signal obtained as parallel data.