Abstract: An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device configured to include a plurality of pixels, the solid-state imaging device outputting subject data according to a pixel signal output by the pixel of an image region on which subject light is incident and optical black (OB) data according to the pixel signal output by the pixel of a constantly shielded OB region of a plurality of columns or rows located on an end of the image region as image data, and an imaging processing unit configured to output pre-processed image data obtained by performing black level correction on partial subject data included in the image data using the same OB data included in the image data output by the solid-state imaging device.

Abstract: The imaging apparatus include a solid-state imaging device which has a plurality of pixels and outputs a pixel signal corresponding to a formed image of a subject as an image data; an image-capturing processing unit which outputs a pre-processed image data that is obtained by performing pre-processing on a part of the image data input from the solid-state imaging device, and an un-processed image data except the part of the image data from the image data input from the solid-state imaging device; and a storage unit which stores the pre-processed image data and the un-processed image data.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device, a storage unit, an imaging-processing unit configured to process input image data output from the solid-state imaging device or image data stored in the storage unit, and a timing-generating unit configured to generate timings at which the solid-state imaging device and the imaging-processing unit operate. The timing-generating unit generates a first synchronization signal for driving the solid-state imaging device to output the first synchronization signal to the solid-state imaging device and output the first synchronization signal and a first clock signal input from the solid-state imaging device to the imaging-processing unit in a first operation based on the timing of the solid-state imaging device. The timing-generating unit outputs a generated second synchronization signal and second clock signal to the imaging-processing unit in a second operation based on an internal timing of the imaging-processing unit.

Abstract: An image pickup device may include an image capturing unit that includes a solid-state image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix form, the image capturing unit sequentially outputting a plurality of image capturing signals each of which corresponds to one of a plurality of pixel signals output from the solid-state image pickup device, and an evaluation value generating unit to which the plurality of image capturing signals output from the image capturing unit are sequentially input, the evaluation value generating unit generating an evaluation value based on the input image capturing signals. The evaluation value generating unit may include a horizontal decimation unit, a vertical decimation unit, a vertical evaluation value generating unit, and a horizontal evaluation value generating unit.

Abstract: An imaging device includes an image data interface unit that outputs the first image data according to a pixel signal from a solid-state imaging device, an image data reading unit that reads image data from a storage unit and outputs the read image data as second image data, an image synthesizing unit that outputs third image data in which the first image data is synthesized with the second image data, an evaluation value generating unit that generates an evaluation value based on image data, a first image data selecting unit that inputs selected image data to the evaluation value generating unit, an image data writing unit that stores input image data in the storage unit via the data bus, a second image data selecting unit that inputs selected image data to the image data writing unit, and a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the third image data.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus may include: a data conversion unit configured to designate one-transfer data as one transfer unit and designate a predetermined number of transfer units as one conversion unit when a plurality of input data sequentially input is converted into transfer data of which the number of bits is the same as that of a data bus having a predetermined number of bits, and the transfer data is sequentially transferred, and arrange the input data in the transfer data within the conversion unit. The data conversion unit may include: a data generation unit, a first data arrangement change unit, and a first data selection unit configured to sequentially select the changed data in which the position of the input data is changed by the first data arrangement change unit and output the selected changed data as the transfer data in the data conversion unit.

Abstract: A signal transfer circuit comprising a control signal transfer unit configured to output an access request output signal and a memory address output signal to the arbiter after timings of the access request input signal of the access request and the memory address input signal input from the bus master have been adjusted, and output an access permission output signal, and a data signal transfer unit configured to output each data output signal to the corresponding bus master or the arbiter after a timing of each data input signal of the access request input from the arbiter or the bus master is adjusted, and output a data validity period output signal to the bus master after a timing of a data validity period input signal indicating a period in which each data is valid in the access request input from the arbiter is adjusted.

Abstract: A data-processing apparatus includes: a plurality of processing blocks which is connected to a common bus; a memory which includes an address space having a plurality of banks; and a common bus arbitrating section which arbitrates an access request to access the memory, and controls data delivery through the common bus that receives the access request and is provided between the plurality of processing blocks and the memory. At least one processing block among the plural processing blocks is an exchange-processing block that performs exchange of an access order to access the banks in the memory when the communication of the data is performed between the memory and the processing block through the common bus. The exchange-processing block includes a data transfer control device that performs the exchange of the access order to access the banks by controlling the order of the data.

Abstract: A data processing device includes: a processing block which is connected to a common bus and which processes a plurality of data, which is inputted simultaneously, in parallel; a memory which is consisted of address space which has a plurality of banks; and a common bus arbitration unit which arbitrates a request for access to the memory outputted from the processing block, and controls exchange of data via the common bus between the processing block whose access request has been accepted and the memory. The processing block includes a data transfer control device which changes an order of access to the bank of the memory corresponding to the respective data, unifies the respective data into an exchange data, and exchanges the exchange data with the memory when the processing block performs exchanging of the data to be processed in parallel with the memory via the common bus.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an image data interface unit that outputs first image data according to a pixel signal input from a solid-state imaging device, an image data reading unit that reads image data from a storage unit and outputs the read image data as second image data, an image synthesis unit that outputs third image data obtained by synthesizing the first image data with second image data, an evaluation value generation unit that generates an evaluation value based on image data, a first image data selection unit that inputs selected image data to the evaluation value generation unit, an image data writing unit that stores image data in the storage unit, a second image data selection unit that inputs selected image data to the image data writing unit, and a display unit that displays an image according to the third read image data read from the storage unit.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus may include a buffer unit, a data write control unit, a data read control unit, and a buffer area determination unit. The data write control unit may write the input data to the storage area determined by the buffer area determination unit, and output a data write completion signal indicating that the writing of the data is completed when the writing of the input data is completed. The data read control unit may read the data from the storage area determined by the buffer area determination unit, and output a data read completion signal indicating that the reading of the data is completed when the output of the output data generated based on the read data is completed.

Abstract: The present invention provides an air intake structure of an engine capable of cooling intake air compressed by a supercharger by reducing pressure loss. An air intake structure of an engine (13) having a supercharger (20) supercharging air and an air intake chamber (22) receiving the air supercharged by the supercharger (20) and sending the supercharged air to the engine, wherein a throttle body (23) is connected to the air intake downstream side of the air intake chamber (22), wherein an air intake port (131a) of a cylinder head (131) of the engine (13) is connected to the air intake downstream side of the throttle body (23), wherein a liquid cooling type intercooler (30) is provided in the air intake chamber (22).

Abstract: An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device including focus detecting pixels which are arranged together in a region in which imaging pixels are arranged in a form of a two-dimensional (2D) matrix, a separating unit configured to separate imaging signals and focus detection signals from pixel signals output from the solid-state imaging device, to output horizontal direction focus detection signals output from a horizontal direction focus detecting pixel set including two focus detecting signals in a row direction and vertical direction focus detection signals output from a vertical direction focus detecting pixel set including two focus detecting signals in a column direction, a horizontal direction focus detection processing unit configured to convert a format in which the horizontal direction focus detection signals are output to a predetermined format.

Abstract: An image pickup device may include an image capturing unit that includes a solid-state image pickup device having a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix form and simultaneously outputting pixel signals of the plurality of pixels adjacent to each other in a row or column direction in sequence while sequentially shifting the pixels that output the pixel signals in the row direction, and that simultaneously outputs image capturing signals respectively corresponding to the simultaneously output pixel signals in sequence from corresponding output terminals, an image processing unit to which the image capturing signals respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixels adjacent to each other in the row or column direction of the pixels arrayed in the solid-state image pickup device are simultaneously input in sequence from corresponding input terminals, and which performs image processing on the input image capturing signals, and a signal transmitting unit.

Abstract: An imaging device is provided which includes a solid-state imaging device that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a form of a two-dimensional (2D) matrix, and outputs pixel signals corresponding to subject light incident on the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of image-acquiring units that acquire the pixel signals output from the solid-state imaging device, and output image data corresponding to the acquired pixel signals, wherein each of the plurality of image-acquiring units acquires pixel signals of one of divisional imaging regions obtained by dividing an imaging region in which all pixels arranged in the solid-state imaging device image the subject light by the number of image-acquiring units, and outputs image data corresponding to the acquired pixel signal of the divisional imaging region as divisional image data.

Abstract: A transmission lubricating structure which lubricates a transmission using a lubricating fluid, the transmission including a plurality of gear pairs each including a drive gear and a driven gear, includes a lubricating fluid feeding unit for feeding the lubricating fluid to the gears of the gear pairs; wherein the lubricating fluid feeding unit includes a plurality of injection nozzles, each of which directly injects the lubricating fluid to a tooth of the drive gear and a tooth of the driven gear, which teeth start to engage with each other.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes an image data interface unit outputting image data corresponding to an input pixel signal as first image data, a first image data writing unit causing a storage unit to store image data based on the first image data via a data bus, a first image data reading unit reading the image data stored in the storage unit via the data bus and outputting the read image data as second image data, an image combining unit generating and outputting third image data by combining two pieces of input image data, a second image data writing unit causing the storage unit to store the third image data via the data bus; and a display unit reading the image data stored in the storage unit from the storage unit via the data bus and displaying an image corresponding to the read image data.

Abstract: A data processing apparatus may include a data conversion unit that arranges the input data in each transfer data in the conversion unit using one transfer data as one transfer unit and a predetermined number of transfer units as one conversion unit when converting a plurality of input data input sequentially into transfer data having a bit number identical to a predetermined bit number of a data bus and sequentially transferring the converted transfer data. The data conversion unit may include a data generation unit and a first data arrangement changing unit. The first data arrangement changing unit may include a bit change number calculating unit, a bit change number analysis unit, a first data sorting unit, and a data coupling unit.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus may include a distortion correcting unit performing distortion correction processing on input image data to generate output image data. The distortion correcting unit may include a distortion correction coordinate transforming unit that obtains coordinates indicating a position of the input image data corresponding to a position of the output image data, a range calculating unit that calculates a range of the input image data to be used in the distortion correction processing based on the coordinates of the input image data obtained by the distortion correction coordinate transforming unit, a correction information storage unit, an input image data storage unit, and an interpolation calculating unit that checks an amount of the input image data stored in the input image data storage unit based on the information regarding the range of the input image data.

Abstract: An imaging device, a method of capturing an image, and a program product used to capture a plurality of images, reduce the captured images, transfer second image data correspondent to each of the reduced images, display first images and identify a second image correspondent to the first image, which is instructed by a user.