Patent ID: 7889241

Claim:
An imaging device comprising: an imaging element; a memory unit configured to temporarily store a plurality of pieces of image data corresponding to a plurality of images, the plurality of pieces of image data being captured individually at predetermined timings via the imaging element; comparing means for comparing the plurality of pieces of image data recorded in the memory unit to detect whether an image change greater than or equal to a first threshold has occurred between a first piece of image data and a second piece of image data; determining means for determining, when the image change greater than or equal to the first threshold has been detected by the comparing means, whether a subsequent image change for subsequent pieces of image data captured following the first piece of image data and second piece of image data has converged to an amount less than or equal to a second threshold by comparing the plurality of pieces of image data recorded in the memory unit; and controlling means for exercising control so that image data captured via the imaging element is recorded on a predetermined recording medium when it is determined by the determining means that the subsequent image change has converged to an amount less than or equal to the second threshold.