Abstract: An image-pickup apparatus includes: an image-pickup device for converting light into an electric signal and outputting a first image data; a transmitting unit for successively transmitting the first image data to an apparatus in the exterior of the image-pickup apparatus; and a storage unit for storing a second image data extracted from the first image data per frame unit under a predetermined condition.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image compression apparatus including: a pre-processing means for effecting preprocessing to generate color imaging signals of locations spatially equivalent to the relative locations of pixels on a color filter from color imaging signals outputted from a solid-state imaging device having the color filter having a predetermined color arrangement disposed on a light receiving surface thereof and to convert the color imaging signals into a predetermined arrangement format color by color with keeping color space of the color filter so as to generate image data groups; and an image compression means containing a frequency converting section for treating an image data group arranged in the predetermined arrangement format as one unit to compute spatial frequency components within the one unit, a quantizing section for quantizing the spatial frequency components, and a coding section for coding the quantized spatial frequency components.

Abstract: An image-pickup apparatus includes: an image-pickup device for converting light into an electric signal and outputting a first image data; a transmitting unit for successively transmitting the first image data to an apparatus in the exterior of the image-pickup apparatus; and a storage unit for storing a second image data extracted from the first image data per frame unit under a predetermined condition.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus including: an optical system which has a distortion in which a compression rate becomes larger along a direction from a center portion to an edge portion; an imaging device which converts an optical image received via the optical system to an electrical signal and outputs image data of a first angle of view; a feature extraction portion that extracts a feature of data which corresponds to a second angle of view among the image data, which includes an optical axis of the optical system and which is smaller than the first angle of view, and outputs as feature data; an object detection portion which outputs a signal which indicates whether or not the object is included in the second angle of view based on the feature data; an angle of view changing portion which selects and outputs the image data corresponding to the second angle of view when the signal input from the object detection portion indicates that the object is included, and which selects and outputs the image data corresponding to

Abstract: A luminance and color difference signal generation apparatus uses a color signal outputted from a solid-state image sensing device to which a color filter having a predetermined color arrangement is attached. An interpolator generates the color signal of interpolated color signals different from the color attribute of the color filter associated with objective pixels by interpolation. A luminance and color difference signal generator generates at least one signal of the luminance signal and one or more color difference signals concerning the objective pixel. An objective pixel indicator indicates the pixel for which the luminance signal and the color difference signals are to be generated.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image compression apparatus for compressing color imaging signals outputted from a solid-state imaging device having a color filter arranged in a Bayer array stuck on a light receiving surface thereof, including: a pre-processing section for fetching signals from the color imaging signals outputted from the solid-state imaging device with treating the signals of 2×2 pixels corresponding to the Bayer array containing at least each color component signal as a unit, the pre-processing section for, with respect to each unit, generating a luminance signal and one chrominance signal from R signal, one G signal and B signal and generating the luminance signal and the other chrominance signal from the R signal, the other G signal and the B signal of one unit; and a compression section having a frequency conversion section for computing spatial frequency components block by block of each signal component with respect to the luminance signals and two types of chrominance signals outputted f

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image compression apparatus including: a pre-processing means for effecting preprocessing to generate color imaging signals of locations spatially equivalent to the relative locations of pixels on a color filter from color imaging signals outputted from a solid-state imaging device having the color filter having a predetermined color arrangement disposed on a light receiving surface thereof and to convert the color imaging signals into a predetermined arrangement format color by color with keeping color space of the color filter so as to generate image data groups; and an image compression means containing a frequency converting section for treating an image data group arranged in the predetermined arrangement format as one unit to compute spatial frequency components within the one unit, a quantizing section for quantizing the spatial frequency components, and a coding section for coding the quantized spatial frequency components.