Abstract: An image-capturing device includes an image-capturing section, an image-data-generation section, a display section, and a timing generator. The image-capturing section is configured and arranged to capture an image of a subject at a timing on the basis of a vertical synchronization signal inputted and generate image-capture data corresponding to a frame. The image-data-generation section is configured and arranged to generate image data on the basis of the image-capture data corresponding to the frame. The display section is configured and arranged to display the image data. The timing generator is configured and arranged to output the vertical synchronization signal. The timing generator outputs the vertical synchronization signal at a variable timing in accordance with a generating condition of the image data corresponding to the frame. The image-capturing section generates the image-capture data corresponding to another frame at the timing on the basis of the vertical synchronization signal.

Abstract: An image-displaying device includes an image output section, an image data generation section, and a display section. The image output section outputs output data corresponding to an image of a subject. The image data generation section converts the output data to image data by each line and converts image data of a line in a first period. The display section displays the image data of the line in a horizontal synchronization period of the display section. The first period is shorter than the horizontal synchronization period.

Abstract: A method of measuring a display delay includes a first step where a first display device performs a switching operation of switching a display pattern displayed on a display unit of the first display device, a second step where a first camera captures a first image and displays the first image in a live view mode, a third step where a second camera captures a second image containing the first image and records at least the first image contained in the captured second image while being correlated with information indicative of an imaging time when the second image is captured, and a fourth step where a display delay time of the first camera from the imaging of the first image to the display of the first image is deduced from the time indicated by the display pattern contained in the first image and the information indicative of the imaging time.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit capturing an image at a timing based on a first frame rate and outputs data corresponding to the image after a first period, an image data generation unit generating image data based on the output data and outputting the image data after a second period, a display unit displaying a display image based on the image data after the second period and at a timing based on a second frame rate, and a mode selecting unit selecting a first or second mode. The first mode prioritizes reduction in a display delay time. The second mode prioritizes image quality of the display image over reduction in the display delay time. A total period of the first and second periods is less than or equal to a first vertical synchronization period based on the first frame rate when the first mode is selected.

Abstract: An image-capturing device includes an image-capturing section, an image-data-generation section, a display section, and a timing generator. The image-capturing section is configured and arranged to capture an image of a subject at a timing on the basis of a vertical synchronization signal inputted and generate image-capture data corresponding to a frame. The image-data-generation section is configured and arranged to generate image data on the basis of the image-capture data corresponding to the frame. The display section is configured and arranged to display the image data. The timing generator is configured and arranged to output the vertical synchronization signal. The timing generator outputs the vertical synchronization signal at a variable timing in accordance with a generating condition of the image data corresponding to the frame. The image-capturing section generates the image-capture data corresponding to another frame at the timing on the basis of the vertical synchronization signal.

Abstract: An image-displaying device includes an image output section, an image data generation section, and a display section. The image output section outputs output data corresponding to an image of a subject. The image data generation section converts the output data to image data by each line and converts image data of a line in a first period. The display section displays the image data the line in a horizontal synchronization period of the display section. The first period is shorter than the horizontal synchronization period.

Abstract: A method of measuring a shutter time lag of a camera includes: a first step of switching a display pattern of a display unit including i (i is a natural number greater than 2) display elements to a different display pattern at every time TP, and in the first step, the number of j (j is a natural number, and 1<j<i) display elements to be brought into a first display state among i display elements is switched at every time TP; a second step of capturing an image of the display unit in response to a shutter operation of the camera performed in synchronization with the switching operation; and a third step of deducing a shutter time lag taken from the shutter operation to the imaging of the display unit from the image captured by the camera.

Abstract: A short delay time from imaging of an imaging element to displaying on a view finder is realized using a simple circuit configuration. In a live view mode, an image processing circuit performs image processing on imaging data from an image sensor, and generates image data of a display image. When processing for one line ends, progress information is output. When the image data of the display image is able to be output in synchronization with a second horizontal synchronization signal, a timing generator causes a data enable signal to be active, and supplies the image data to a data input unit according to this progress information on the other hand, when the image data is unable to be output, the timing generator causes the data enable signal to be inactive and supplies dummy data to the data input unit.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit capturing an image at a timing based on a first frame rate and outputs data corresponding to the image after a first period, an image data generation unit generating image data based on the output data and outputting the image data after a second period, a display unit displaying a display image based on the image data after the second period and at a timing based on a second frame rate, and a mode selecting unit selecting a first or second mode. The first mode prioritizes reduction in a display delay time. The second mode prioritizes image quality of the display image over reduction in the display delay time. A total period of the first and second periods is less than or equal to a first vertical synchronization period based on the first frame rate when the first mode is selected.

Abstract: A short delay time from imaging of an imaging element to displaying on a view finder is realized using a simple circuit configuration. An EVF controller includes a serial I/F that receives a command including the number of valid lines of one frame, a counter that counts the number of lines of which an image signal becomes valid, a data input unit that inputs a valid image signal based on a data enable signal, a data output unit that outputs the input valid image signal to an EVF, and a timing generation unit that compares a count value of the counter with the number of valid lines, detects an end of the input of the valid image signal in the frame based on a comparison result, and then starts a process for preparation for a next frame.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, an image data generation unit, and a display unit. The image capturing unit captures an image at a timing based on a first frame rate of the image capturing unit and outputs output data after a first period. The image data generation unit generates and outputs the image data after a lapse of a second period after the first period. The display unit displays a display image after the second period and at a timing based on a second frame rate of the display unit. The first period corresponds to an exposure time of the image capturing unit, and the second period corresponds to a processing time of the image data generation unit. A total period of the first period and the second period is less than or equal to a vertical synchronization period based on the second frame rate.

Abstract: An imaging device including an image sensor; an image data generation portion that generates image data on the basis of output data from the image sensor; a display portion that displays the image data within a display scanning period in a display cycle that is N times the sensor cycle (N>=2); and a display control portion that, when a partial image constituting the image and corresponding to a predetermined one of the lines forming the image has become ready for display on the basis of partial image data constituting the image data and representing the partial image, performs control of causing the display portion to start display of partial images constituting the image and corresponding to one frame, at a rate of once every N iterations of the imaging operation by the image sensor.

Abstract: A display control device controls an image capturing sensor and a display. The display control device has an image data generation section and a display control section. The image data generation section generates first display data and second display data. The display control section outputs the first and second display data, the first display data that is outputted at first intervals having a first time length varying between “a” and “b” so as to be displayed on a first display region of the display within a first horizontal synchronization period having the first time length varying between “a” and “b”, and the second display data that is outputted at second intervals having a second time length of “a” so as to be displayed on the second display region of the display within a second horizontal synchronization period having the second time length of “a”.

Abstract: An image device is adapted to control an image-capturing section and a display section. The image-capturing section captures an image of a subject and generate image-capture data in synchronization with a first vertical synchronization signal. The display section displays an image on the basis of image data in synchronization with a second vertical synchronization signal. The image device includes an image-data-generation section configured to generate the image data on the basis of the image-capture data, and a timing generator configured to output the first vertical synchronization signal and the second vertical synchronization signal. The second vertical synchronization signal is outputted after a predetermined period from a timing at which the first vertical synchronization signal is outputted. The predetermined period is shorter than a period of one cycle of the first vertical synchronization signal and variable.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to display image data generated based on output data of an image capturing sensor and information other than such image data in a period of the same length as a frame image capturing period of the image capturing sensor. With the invention, image data showing an image of an object is generated per line of a display section based on output data of an image capturing sensor, display data including the image data is caused to be displayed on a first display region of a display screen of the display section constructed by the first display region and a second display region with a line display period having a length of “a” or more to “b” or less after the image data of a plurality of lines is stored in the buffer, and display data that does not include the image data is caused to be displayed on the second display region with a line display period having a length of “a”.

Abstract: An image-capturing device includes image-capturing section, an image-data-generation section, and an image capture control section. The image-capturing section is for capturing an image of a subject and starting generating of image-capture data corresponding to a single frame in synchronization with a vertical synchronization signal, The image-data-generation section is for carrying out processing for generating image data showing an image of the subject, on the basis of the image-capture data. The image capture control section is for varying, at a minimum, either a number of pulses of subsignals generated a plurality of times within a period of one cycle of the vertical synchronization signal, or the cycle for generating the vertical synchronization signal.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image capturing unit, an image data generation unit, and a display unit. The image capturing unit captures an image at a timing based on a first frame rate of the image capturing unit and outputs output data after a first period. The image data generation unit generates and outputs the image data after a lapse of a second period after the first period. The display unit displays a display image after the second period and at a timing based on a second frame rate of the display unit. The first period corresponds to an exposure time of the image capturing unit, and the second period corresponds to a processing time of the image data generation unit. A total period of the first period and the second period is less than or equal to a vertical synchronization period based on the second frame rate.

Abstract: A signal processor includes a processing unit configured to correct a distortion of a first data caused by an optical property of lens and to output a second data obtained by correcting the first data. The processing unit is configured to output the second data for each of predetermined data units. The predetermined data units are outputted at intervals in accordance with a width of the distortion of the first data.

Abstract: An imaging display device includes a lens unit, an imaging unit that outputs an imaging signal obtained by imaging, an image signal generating unit that generates an image signal by performing image processing in accordance with optical properties of the lens unit, a display unit that displays an image based on the image signal, and a timing control unit that controls the phase difference from the frame start of the imaging signal to the frame start of the image signal so as to be changed in accordance with a predetermined time required for the image processing.

Abstract: An image capturing device includes an image data generation unit, a display control unit and a control unit. The control unit ends charge storing after a first amount of time passes since charge storing of an image capturing target line is started, and starts displaying image data of a display target line corresponding to the image capturing target line after a second amount of time passes since charge storing of an image capturing target line is ended. The second amount of time is time required for starting displaying image data in a display target line after charge storing of an image capturing target line is ended. The control unit starts charge storing of an image capturing target line such that the first amount of time is equal to or less than a vertical synchronization period of the image capturing sensor minus the second amount of time.