Image input apparatus with high-speed, high-quality still image successive capturing capability and still image successive capturing method using the same

摘要

An apparatus and a method of successively capturing high quality image data at high speed are provided. The image input apparatus includes an image sensor for capturing image data from a subject; an image signal processor encoding the image data transmitted from the image sensor to produce digital image data; and a memory for storing the digital image data. The image signal processor decodes the digital image data according to an operating signal from a user and provides the user with the decoded digital image data. Therefore, the high quality image data can be obtained at high speed, and the lifespan of an external memory can be increased.

主权项

1. An image capturing apparatus comprising:
an internal memory; an image sensor configured to capture still image data of a plurality of image frames, from a subject in a successive still image capturing mode; an image processor configured to inter-frame encode the captured still image data of the plurality of image frames using a predetermined moving picture codec to generate digital image data, to decode the generated digital image data in order to produce a plurality of images, and to store the decoded generated digital image data in the internal memory; and a display unit configured to display the plurality of images of the generated digital image data decoded by the image processor, wherein, after a still image is selected from the displayed images of the generated digital image data, the image processor is configured to encode the selected still image using a predetermined still image codec prior to storing the selected still image in an external memory.