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Sony patents camera system that splits video processing between camera and processor

Sony describes an imaging system where the camera captures video at high speeds, but its internal processor can only handle lower speeds. To manage the high-speed data, the camera sends part of the raw signal to an external processing device that can handle the full speed.

Why it mattersThis design allows cameras to record very fast video without needing expensive, high-speed processors built directly into the camera body.

In the filing’s own words

An imaging device includes: an imaging element unit capable of outputting a video signal at m-fold speed with a specific resolution; a signal processing unit in which part of processing is compatible with a video signal at up to n-fold speed, which is lower than the m-fold speed, with the specific resolution; a transmission unit that transmits a video signal output from the signal processing unit to an imaging signal processing device; and a control unit that changes a processing process of the signal processing unit in a case of performing imaging at the m-fold speed with the specific resolution. The imaging signal processing device includes a signal processing unit capable of executing the part of processing in the imaging device corresponding to a video signal of m-fold speed with the specific resolution.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. An imaging device comprising: an imaging element unit capable of outputting a video signal at m-fold speed with a specific resolution; a signal processing unit in which part of processing is compatible with a video signal at up to n-fold speed, which is lower than the m-fold speed, with the specific resolution; a transmission unit that transmits a video signal output from the signal processing unit to an imaging signal processing device; and a control unit that changes a processing process of the signal processing unit in a case of performing imaging at the m-fold speed with the specific resolution.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
Official title
IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM
Publication number
US20260270555A1
Application number
19164378
Filed
Mar 22, 2024
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
4
Claims
18

Classified under

H04N 23/66 Electricity & electronicsH04N 23/64 Electricity & electronics
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