IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING ELEMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20190166306A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-05-30

    申请号:US16092366

    申请日:2016-12-29

    Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a frame buffer executes high-speed shooting consecutively in plural sessions.An imaging element includes a buffer, an image producing unit, a managing unit, and an output unit. The image producing unit produces an image in the case where an empty capacity of any of plural areas in the buffer exceeds a predetermined threshold value. The managing unit causes an area whose empty capacity exceeds the predetermined threshold value, of the plural areas to retain the image as a buffering image. The output unit extracts the buffering image from the buffer and outputting the buffering image, in order of the retention of the buffering image.

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