Patent ID: 7358992

Claim:
An imaging apparatus comprising: a memory for storing at least one page of image data; a readout section for reading out N pixels of the image data for a plurality of times from the memory to read out the entire page of image data, each of the reading out of N pixel image data being conducted in a vertical or horizontal direction, each of the vertical or horizontal reading out being conducted by horizontally reading out N pixels of image data in every line or by vertically reading out N pixels of image data in every column; a delay section comprising a series of buffer memories that are serially connected for storing N pixels of image data, the delay section receiving input of image data read out by the readout section to one end of the series of buffer memories and outputting delayed image data from each of the buffer memories; and a section for conducting signal processing of image data in the horizontal or vertical direction by weighting and compositing the image data outputted from each of the buffer memories.