JP2013225923A - Camera, display device, and image processing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To shorten display delay of an image of a subject in an imaging device.SOLUTION: An imaging device performs a process of generating image data representing an image of a subject on the basis of output data of an imaging sensor for imaging the subject, acquires information data for displaying predetermined information in an information display area, displays the image of the subject on a subject image display area of a display part on the basis of the image data generated by the generating process and displays the predetermined information on the basis of the information data in a state where a line display period for the information display area of the display part, spent for display updating for each line, is shorter than that for the subject image display area.

Description

  The present invention relates to a photographing apparatus that displays an image of a subject on a display unit.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a photographing apparatus that displays an image photographed by a photographing sensor on a liquid crystal display is known, and various techniques have been developed to prevent a subject image from being delayed and displayed on the liquid crystal display. Yes. For example, in Patent Document 1, in a photographing apparatus including a VRAM that records an image signal for one frame, the image signal is read and displayed on a liquid crystal display before the writing of the image signal for one frame to the VRAM is completed. Techniques for making them disclosed are disclosed. Specifically, a configuration is described in which image display on the liquid crystal display is started at a reproduction timing delayed by ΔT from the driving timing of the imaging sensor.

JP 2007-243615 A

  In the technique of Patent Document 1, the period of the drive timing and the reproduction timing is a period for processing an image of one frame, and a constant ΔT is defined for each frame. That is, in the technique of Patent Document 1, it is described that ΔT is defined for each mode (Patent Document 1, paragraph 0057), and that ΔT is determined so that reading of image data does not precede writing. (Patent Document 1, paragraphs 0055 and 0056). Therefore, although it can vary from mode to mode, ΔT is a common value for each frame in the same mode, and a common phase difference ΔT is given to all lines of the image to be displayed.

However, various display objects such as a subject image generated based on the output data of the imaging sensor and information on imaging conditions can be displayed on the display unit. And when the kind of display object displayed on a display part differs, the period required in order to produce | generate the said display object may differ. For this reason, in order to prevent reading of image data indicating an image for one frame to be displayed before writing by providing a common phase difference ΔT, a margin is provided so that the preceding reading does not occur. It is necessary to define ΔT. For example, it is necessary to consider that the longest period that can be assumed as a period required to generate a display target is defined as ΔT. Accordingly, in a configuration in which the period required for generating the display target can vary for each display target, a wasteful delay may occur before the display starts for the display target that can be generated early.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to reduce display delay in a display unit.

  In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, image data indicating a subject image is generated based on output data of a photographing sensor (area image sensor), and the subject of the display unit is generated based on the generated image data. An image of the subject is displayed in the image display area. Further, based on the information data, predetermined information indicated by the information data is displayed in the information display area of the display unit. At this time, in the information display area, control is performed so that the line display period spent for display update for each line is shorter than in the subject image display area.

  That is, whether or not a subject image can be displayed based on the output data of the imaging sensor depends on the progress of the image data generation process. On the other hand, the display target in the information display area is predetermined information, and information that can be displayed in advance is specified. Therefore, it is possible to record information data in the memory before starting the display. When the recording of the information data in the memory is completed, the information data is sequentially acquired by referring to the memory. The display in the section becomes possible. Therefore, when displaying the information indicated by the information data in the information display area, it is not necessary to provide a waiting period such as waiting until the information data generation process is completed, and the information display area displays the information as fast as possible. It is possible. Therefore, in the present invention, at least in the information display area, the line display period spent for display update for each line is made shorter than in the subject image display area. With this configuration, it is possible to suppress at least useless delay in the information display area, and it is possible to reduce display delay in the display unit.

  Here, the image data generation unit only needs to be able to generate image data indicating the image of the subject based on the output data of the imaging sensor, and if the display unit can display the image of the subject based on the image data. Good. The image data generation process can be configured by any type of image processing, and the period required for the process may vary depending on the output data of the imaging sensor, the mode of the imaging apparatus, the imaging conditions, and the like. Further, the period required for processing may be unknown.

  The information data acquisition unit only needs to be able to acquire information data for displaying predetermined information in the information display area. That is, it is only necessary to be configured so that the information data recorded in the memory in advance can be acquired so that the information data can be acquired from the memory without providing a standby period at the time when the display in the information display area is started in the display control unit. . As long as the information data can be acquired from the memory without providing a waiting period, the predetermined information is a moving image such as an animation (a still image is displayed for each frame, but the display content changes with the change of the frame. Information indicating (image) may be used.

  The display control unit only needs to be able to display a subject image and predetermined information on the display unit by spending a different line display period for each region of the display unit and performing display update for each line. For example, a predetermined area is a subject image display area for displaying an image of a subject, an area other than the subject image display area is an information display area, and the line display period in the latter is shorter than the line display period in the former. If you can.

  The shortening of the line display period can be realized by various methods, and the line display period in each region may be a fixed period or a variable period. Also, the size of each region may be fixed or may vary. The line display period is a period spent on display update for one line in a display unit that displays an image for one frame and displays a moving image or a still image by rewriting after a predetermined period. In a display unit that performs display update processing for one line in synchronization, a horizontal synchronization period defined by a horizontal synchronization signal corresponds to a line display period.

  Furthermore, display delay when performing display based on image data may be minimized. For example, the progress information indicating the progress of the image data generation process is acquired for each line, and the lines specified by the progress information that the image data generation process has been completed are sequentially displayed in the subject image display area. According to this configuration, in a configuration in which the period required for image data generation processing can vary from line to line, a display delay in units of lines is displayed when an image of a subject is displayed in the subject image display area based on the image data. It is possible to minimize. Then, by combining the minimization of the display delay and the shortening of the line display period in the information display area, it is possible to shorten the period required to display an image of one frame on the display unit.

  Furthermore, it may be configured such that a period required to display an image of one frame on the display unit is made constant by using the shortening of the line display period in the information display area. This configuration can be realized, for example, by assuming a reference period. In other words, the reference period of the line display period is defined in advance as a reference period, and the delay relative to the reference period of the line display period in the subject image display area is caused by the shortening of the line display period in the information display area. Configure to eliminate. In this configuration, for example, the line display period is shortened so that the value obtained by dividing the sum of the delays by the number of lines in the information display area from the reference period becomes the upper limit of the line display period in the information display area. This can be realized. According to this configuration, one frame is displayed on the display unit according to the present invention in a period equal to or less than the period required to display an image of one frame in a normal display unit that performs display updating by spending a reference period in each line. An image can be displayed.

  The reference period may be defined as a period that can be compared with the line display period in the subject image display area and the information display area. For example, a period for displaying an image of one frame (for example, a vertical synchronization period) ), It is possible to adopt a configuration in which a certain horizontal synchronization period defined as a period necessary for performing display for the number of lines on the display unit is used as a reference period.

  Furthermore, as a suitable configuration for determining the amount of shortening the line display period in the information display area based on the delay of the line display period in the subject image display area with respect to the reference period, one continuous line in the direction in which the lines are arranged The subject image display area is configured by the area, and when displaying for one frame, the display in the subject image display area is continuously performed in a line-sequential manner, and the display in the information display area after the display in the subject image display area Alternatively, a configuration may be adopted in which the above is performed in a line sequential manner. That is, when displaying for one frame, the line is sequentially displayed from the line located at one end of the subject image display area, and after the line located at the other end of the subject image display area is displayed, the subject Each line of the information display area is displayed line-sequentially from the line adjacent to the other end of the image display area.

  According to this configuration, it is possible to perform display in the information display area after display in the subject image display area, and it is possible to easily specify an amount for shortening the line display period in the information display area. Note that the end of the subject image display area may or may not coincide with the end of the display unit. For example, if the upper end of the subject image display area is coincident with the upper end of the display section and the lower end of the subject image display area is located above the lower end of the display section, display is performed in a line-sequential manner from the upper end to the lower end of the display section. By doing so, it is possible to perform display in the information display area after display in the subject image display area. In addition, when the upper end of the subject image display area is located below the upper end of the display unit and the lower end of the subject image display area is located above the lower end of the display unit (the information display area above and below the subject image display area). Display is started from the upper end of the subject image display area instead of the upper end of the display unit, and the display is performed up to the lower end of the subject image display area. Further, the information display area line adjacent to the lower end of the subject image display area is displayed, and thereafter, the line is sequentially displayed downward. When the display is performed up to the lower end of the display unit, the display is further performed in a line sequential manner from the upper end of the display unit to the lower end of the remaining information display area. Also in this configuration, it is possible to perform display in the information display area after display in the subject image display area.

  Furthermore, as in the present invention, the method of shortening the line display period spent on the display update for each line in the information display area as compared to the subject image display area can also be applied as a program or method. In addition, the apparatus, program, and method as described above may be realized as a single apparatus, or may be realized using a shared component in an apparatus having multiple functions. Is included.

It is a block diagram concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the number of pixels of an area image sensor and a liquid crystal panel. It is a figure which illustrates the output method of the output data of an area image sensor. It is a timing chart of the signal applied to the display part concerning this embodiment. It is a timing chart concerning other embodiments of the present invention. It is a block diagram concerning other embodiments of the present invention.

Here, embodiments of the present invention will be described in the following order.
(1) Configuration of photographing apparatus:
(2) Control of horizontal sync signal:
(3) Other embodiments:

(1) Configuration of photographing apparatus:
1 includes an optical system 10, an area image sensor 15, an ASIC 200, a timing generator 30, a display unit 40, a CPU 50, a VRAM 51, an SD-RAM 52, a ROM 53, a RAM 54, and an operation unit. 55 is provided. The CPU 50 can execute a program recorded in the ROM 53 by appropriately using the VRAM 51, the SD-RAM 52, and the RAM 54, and the CPU 50 is photographed by the area image sensor 15 according to the operation on the operation unit 55 by the program. A function of generating image data indicating the subject is executed. The operation unit 55 includes a shutter button, a dial switch as a mode switching unit for switching modes, a dial switch for switching between an aperture and a shutter speed, and push buttons for operating various setting menus. The user can give various instructions to the photographing apparatus 1 by operating the operation unit 55.

  The display unit 40 is an EVF (Electronic View Finder) that displays an image showing a subject to be photographed and allows the user to grasp information such as the state of the subject before photographing and photographing conditions, and the photographing according to the present embodiment. The apparatus 1 is a mirrorless digital camera equipped with EVF. The display unit 40 includes an interface circuit (not shown), a liquid crystal panel driver 41, a liquid crystal panel 42, an eyepiece (not shown), and the like. In the present embodiment, the liquid crystal panel 42 is a high-temperature polysilicon TFT (Thin Film Transistor) having three sub-pixels corresponding to three color filters for each pixel, and the position of the pixel is defined by coordinates in an orthogonal coordinate system. The In addition, a line is constituted by a plurality of pixels arranged in a direction parallel to one coordinate axis, and the plurality of lines are arranged in a direction parallel to the other coordinate axis. In this specification, a direction parallel to the line is referred to as a horizontal direction, a direction perpendicular to the line is referred to as a vertical direction, and one screen constituted by all pixels of the liquid crystal panel 42 is referred to as one frame.

The liquid crystal panel driver 41 applies a voltage to each subpixel and outputs a signal for driving the liquid crystal to the liquid crystal panel 42. The liquid crystal panel 42 includes a gate driver and a source driver (not shown). The gate driver controls the display timing in each pixel of each line according to a signal output from the liquid crystal panel driver 41, and the source driver determines the display timing. Display is performed by applying a voltage corresponding to the image data of each pixel to each pixel in the line. That is, the liquid crystal panel driver 41 performs various signals for display on the liquid crystal panel 42, for example, a vertical sync signal (DV _sync ) that defines a period for performing display for one frame, and displays for one line. A horizontal synchronization signal (DH _sync ) that defines the period for the data, a data active signal (DD _active ) that defines the period for capturing the image data in each line, a data clock signal that defines the timing for capturing the image data of each pixel, etc. (DDotclock) and image data (Data) of each pixel are output.

Note that the photographing apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment includes a timing generator 30, and the above-described vertical synchronization signal DV _sync , horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync , data active signal DD _active , and data clock signal DDotclock are generated by the timing generator 30. Generated. That is, the timing generator 30 includes a display control unit 30b including a frequency dividing circuit that generates a signal whose signal level changes in synchronization with the change timing of the clock signal having a predetermined period output from the clock signal generation unit. Yes. Then, the timing generator 30 generates a vertical synchronization signal DV _sync , a data active signal DD _active , and a data clock signal DDotclock whose signal level changes at a predetermined timing under the control of the display control unit 30b. In the present embodiment, the output timing of the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync is variable, and the output timing is determined depending on the processing result of the resizing processing unit 20e as described later.

  In addition, the liquid crystal panel 42 in the present embodiment is a panel having 1024 effective pixels in the horizontal direction and 768 effective pixels in the vertical direction and having the number of pixels of XGA size, and the content of the image data Data output from the liquid crystal panel driver 41. Further, by adjusting the output timing, it is possible to display a gradation corresponding to Data at an arbitrary position. In the present embodiment, an image of a subject is displayed in a predetermined subject image display area of the liquid crystal panel 42 based on the output data of the area image sensor 15 and is photographed in an information display area other than the subject image display area. Characters indicating information such as conditions are displayed. That is, on the liquid crystal panel 42, characters indicating information such as shooting conditions and the like are displayed in an OSD (On Screen Display) together with the image of the subject. The liquid crystal panel 42 includes a larger number of pixels than the effective pixels in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. However, in the present specification, processing relating to pixels other than the effective pixels is omitted for simplicity.

  The optical system 10 includes a lens 11 that forms an image of a subject on the area image sensor 15, a diaphragm 12, a shutter 13, and a low-pass filter 14. Among these, the lens 11 and the diaphragm 12 are interchangeably attached to a housing (not shown). As the area image sensor 15, a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor, a CCD (Charge Coupled), which includes a color filter arranged in a Bayer array and a plurality of photodiodes that accumulate charges corresponding to the amount of light for each pixel by photoelectric conversion. Device) A solid-state image sensor such as an image sensor is used. The position of the pixel of the area image sensor 15 is defined by coordinates in the orthogonal coordinate system, and a line is configured by a plurality of pixels arranged in a direction parallel to one coordinate axis, and the plurality of lines are arranged in a direction parallel to the other coordinate axis. It is configured. In this specification, a direction parallel to the line is called a horizontal direction, and a direction perpendicular to the line is called a vertical direction. One screen constituted by all the pixels of the area image sensor 15 is called one frame.

In the present embodiment, the area image sensor 15 also operates in synchronization with various signals output from the timing generator 30. That is, the timing generator 30 has a vertical synchronization signal (SV _sync ) that defines a period for reading out the detection results of the photodiodes for one frame, and a horizontal signal that specifies a period for reading out the detection results of the photodiodes for one line. A data clock signal (SDotclock) that defines the synchronization signal (SH _sync ), the readout timing of image data of each pixel, and the like is output. The area image sensor 15 starts outputting one frame of output data in accordance with the vertical synchronization signal SV _sync , and the area image at a timing according to the data clock signal SDotclock within a period defined by the horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync . Output data indicating the detection results of photodiodes corresponding to some pixels of the sensor 15 are sequentially read.

  The ASIC 200 uses line buffers 52a to 52d for a plurality of lines reserved in advance in the SD-RAM 52, and performs processing for generating image data for displaying an object image on the display unit 40 by pipeline processing. The image data generation part 20 comprised by these is provided. The line buffers 52a to 52d for a plurality of lines may be provided in the image data generation unit 20 or the like. The display unit 40 displays the subject on the liquid crystal panel 42 based on the generated image data. That is, the user can check the subject while using the display unit 40 as the EVF.

When the user operates the operation unit 55 to give a shooting instruction, the area image sensor 15 starts outputting output data for one frame in response to the vertical synchronization signal SV _sync. Then, output data indicating the detection results of the photodiodes corresponding to all the effective pixels of the area image sensor 15 are sequentially read out at a timing according to the data clock signal SDotclock within a period defined by the horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync . The image data generation unit 20 generates image data in a format such as JPEG using the SD-RAM 52 and the like, and records the generated image data in a not-shown removable memory or the like. That is, the user can generate image data indicating the subject.

(2) Control of horizontal sync signal:
In consideration of recording and printing image data indicating a subject in a removable memory or the like, it is desirable that the number of pixels of the area image sensor 15 be larger than a predetermined number in order to obtain high-quality image data. Therefore, the effective number of pixels of the area image sensor 15 in this embodiment is 5400 pixels in the horizontal direction and 3600 pixels in the vertical direction, as shown in FIG. The area image sensor 15 includes a larger number of pixels than the effective pixels in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. However, in the present specification, for the sake of simplicity, processing relating to pixels other than the effective pixels will be omitted.

On the other hand, as described above, the liquid crystal panel 42 includes 1024 pixels in the horizontal direction and 768 pixels in the vertical direction, and displays a subject image in the subject image display area (R ₁ shown in FIG. 2). Yes. In the present embodiment, the image of the subject is displayed as large as possible while maintaining the aspect ratio (2: 3) of the area image sensor 15, so that the upper side and the left and right sides of the upper side and the left and right sides of the liquid crystal panel 42 are A rectangular area with an aspect ratio of 2: 3 that is in contact is set as a subject image display area R ₁ for displaying a subject image. The remaining area is an information display area (area shown in FIG. 2) for displaying characters indicating information such as shooting conditions. Accordingly, the subject image display area R ₁ in the liquid crystal panel 42 is composed of 1024 pixels in the horizontal direction and 682 pixels in the vertical direction. As described above, in the present embodiment, the number of pixels of the area image sensor 15 and the number of pixels of the liquid crystal panel 42 do not match.

  Further, since the display on the display unit 40 is used for confirmation of the subject by the user, the timing at which the image of the photographed subject is displayed on the display unit 40 from the timing at which the subject is photographed by the area image sensor 15. If the delay until the delay is recognizable by the user, the EVF is extremely difficult to use, such as the subject visually recognized by the EVF deviating from the recorded subject image. Therefore, when the display unit 40 is used as an EVF, a small delay is required.

  Therefore, in order to display the image captured by the area image sensor 15 on the display unit 40 with an extremely short delay that cannot be visually recognized by humans, in the present embodiment, the area image sensor 15 and the image data generation unit 20 perform various processes. The display unit 40 has a configuration for displaying the image data generated as a result of this processing at high speed.

  That is, the area image sensor 15 according to the present embodiment is provided with a circuit capable of performing interlaced scanning for reading out the detection result of the photodiode at a rate of one out of n lines (n is an odd number) among the lines arranged in the vertical direction. ing. Also, among the photodiodes that perform photoelectric conversion through the same color filter, the detection results of m (m is a natural number) arranged in the horizontal direction are added and the sum is reduced to 1 / m (that is, m detections). An adder is provided for outputting the arithmetic average of the results. In the present embodiment, when the display unit 40 is caused to function as an EVF, the area image sensor 15 thins out pixels in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction by executing interlaced scanning and processing by an adder. By outputting output data with a smaller number of pixels than the number of pixels provided, the subject is photographed at high speed.

That is, in the live view mode in which the display unit 40 functions as an EVF, the area image sensor 15 performs reading with a vertical line as a reading target at a rate of one per n in accordance with the horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync . Further, the process of outputting the result obtained by adding the detection results of the m photodiodes by the adder as output data is performed according to the data clock signal SDotclock. FIG. 3 shows an example of a method for outputting output data having a smaller number of pixels than the number of pixels included in the area image sensor 15 in the present embodiment. In FIG. 3, a rectangle with R indicates a photodiode corresponding to a color filter that transmits light in the red band, and a rectangle with G indicates a color filter that transmits light in the green band. A photodiode is shown, and a rectangle with B indicates a photodiode corresponding to a color filter that transmits light in a blue band.

As shown in FIG. 3, when the color filter of each pixel indicated by a rectangle is a Bayer array, only one color filter corresponds to each pixel, and therefore the color of each pixel uses surrounding pixels. Need to be interpolated. For this reason, when the output data is acquired by thinning the lines, it is necessary to perform thinning so that the color filters of the adjacent lines after the thinning have different colors. For this reason, in this embodiment, if n is an odd number and the detection values at the photodiodes of each line are obtained as output data at a rate of one line per n lines, an output that can specify the color of each pixel by interpolation. Data can be acquired. In the present embodiment, in order to make the number of lines in the vertical direction of the area image sensor 15 as close as possible to the number of lines in the vertical direction of the subject image display region R ₁ of the liquid crystal panel 42, output data is acquired at a rate of 1 line per 5 lines. It is configured to do. In FIG. 3, acquisition of output data at a rate of 1 line per 5 lines is indicated by a left-pointing arrow. In this example, the number of lines in the vertical direction is 1/5, that is, 720.

Further, when the color filters are in a Bayer array, the colors of adjacent pixels in the horizontal direction are different, and color filters of the same color are arranged every other pixel. For this reason, the thinning-out processing is substantially performed by adding m every other pixel arranged in the horizontal direction and reducing the sum to 1 / m (that is, by obtaining an arithmetic average of m detection results). It can be carried out. In this embodiment, m is set to 3 due to image quality restrictions when addition is performed by an adder. In FIG. 3, among the lines described at the bottom, three photodiodes that are photoelectrically converted through a green color filter and arranged in the horizontal direction are added by an adder S ₁ . to 1/3, shows the configuration of the 1/3 are added by the adder S ₂ the detection results of the three photodiodes arranged in the horizontal direction a photodiode which performs photoelectric conversion through the red color filter ing. In this example, the number of pixels in the horizontal direction is 1/3, that is, 1800 pixels. In FIG. 2, the data size after the thinning in the area image sensor 15 is indicated by a broken-line rectangle 15a.

As described above, in the area image sensor 15, the number of lines in the vertical direction can be 720 lines and the number of pixels in the horizontal direction can be 1800 pixels. However, in such thinning, there is a restriction on image quality such that n is an odd number in the vertical direction and m is a natural number in the horizontal direction. Therefore, the number of pixels after thinning and the subject image display region R of the liquid crystal panel 42 are limited. It is difficult to match the number of pixels of ₁ . As described above, when n and m are different, the aspect ratio is different between the subject and the subject image on the liquid crystal panel 42.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the image data generation unit 20 further resizes the output data after thinning to generate image data for display in the subject image display region R ₁ of the liquid crystal panel 42. Yes. That is, the image data generation unit 20 includes a pixel interpolation unit 20a, a color reproduction processing unit 20b, a filter processing unit 20c, a gamma correction unit 20d, and a resizing processing unit 20e. Then, by changing the number of pixels in the vertical direction and the horizontal direction by the resizing section 20e in a process of generating image data, a configuration for generating an equal image data and the number of pixels the object image display area R ₁ of the liquid crystal panel 42 Yes.

  The line buffer 52 a is a buffer memory that temporarily records output data after thinning output from the area image sensor 15. When the output data after thinning is output from the area image sensor 15, the line data 52 a is processed by the image data generation unit 20. The output data is temporarily recorded in the line buffer 52a. The pixel interpolating unit 20a generates the two-channel color by interpolation processing while fetching data of the number of pixels necessary for generating the two-channel color missing in each pixel in the Bayer array from the line buffer 52a. As a result, 3-channel data is generated in each pixel. Next, the color reproduction processing unit 20b performs color conversion processing for color matching by performing a 3 × 3 matrix operation based on the generated data. Data generated by the color conversion process is temporarily recorded in the line buffer 52b. Next, the filter processing unit 20c performs sharpness adjustment, noise removal processing, and the like by filter processing. Next, the gamma correction unit 20d performs gamma correction that compensates for a characteristic difference between the color indicated by the gradation value of the output data of the area image sensor 15 and the color indicated by the gradation value of the image data handled by the display unit 40. Data generated by the gamma correction is temporarily recorded in the line buffer 52c.

  The data that is line-sequentially recorded in the line buffer 52c is the number of pixels that have been thinned out by the area image sensor 15. That is, data of 720 lines in the vertical direction and 1800 pixels in the horizontal direction are recorded line-sequentially. The resizing processing unit 20e performs interpolation calculation processing by sequentially referring to data recorded in the line buffer 52c, and performs resizing by specifying the gradation value of each channel at a position between pixels. In the present embodiment, since the thinning in the area image sensor 15 is 1/5 in the vertical direction and 1/3 in the horizontal direction, the aspect ratio of the data after thinning is the area as shown by the rectangle 15a in FIG. This is different from the aspect ratio of the output data of the image sensor 15. Therefore, the resizing processing unit 20e first performs a reduction process for reducing the size to about 57% in the horizontal direction based on the data recorded in the line buffer 52c. As a result, the number of pixels in the horizontal direction is 1024 pixels. Further, the resizing processing unit 20e performs a reduction process for reducing the vertical size to about 95%. As a result, image data of 1024 pixels in the horizontal direction and 682 lines in the vertical direction is generated. The generated image data is recorded line-sequentially in the line buffer 52d.

In the present embodiment, generation processing for generating image data that can be displayed in the subject image display region R ₁ of the liquid crystal panel 42 based on the output data of the area image sensor 15 by the above processing is performed. The output data is 720 lines in the vertical direction, which is different from the 682 lines that are the number of lines in the vertical direction of the image data and the 768 lines that are the number of lines in the vertical direction of the liquid crystal panel 42. That is, the number of lines required to perform shooting and display for one frame is different.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, the horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync , the vertical synchronization signal SV _sync , the data active signal SD _active and the data clock signal SDotclock of the area image sensor 15 are in a period necessary for driving the area image sensor 15. Is set. In other words, the timing generator 30 performs the above-described vertical decimation in the area image sensor 15 and obtains the output data of the number of lines for one frame within the period defined by the vertical synchronization signal SV _sync. The horizontal sync signal SH _sync is output at the number of outputs. Further, the timing generator 30 performs data thinning in the horizontal direction as described above, and obtains data at a timing and the number of outputs so that output data of the number of pixels for one line can be acquired within a period defined by the horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync. The clock signal SDotclock is output.

On the other hand, in order to display on the liquid crystal panel 42 by minimizing the delay period based on the output data output line-sequentially from the area image sensor 15, in this embodiment, display is performed for each line of the liquid crystal panel 42. The horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync is output when the image data for performing is prepared. That is, in the present embodiment, the liquid crystal panel 42 can display a line for which the processing by the resizing processing unit 20e has been completed. Therefore, the timing generator 30 outputs a horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync for displaying the Nth line when the generation process of the image data of the Nth line (N is a natural number) in the vertical direction of the liquid crystal panel 42 is completed. .

Specifically, the timing generator 30 includes a progress information acquisition unit 30a, and the progress information acquisition unit 30a indicates a line from the resize processing unit 20e to which the image data generation processing in the resize processing unit 20e has been completed. Progress information can be acquired. Therefore, according to the progress information, it is possible to specify a line that can be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 42 based on the image data. Therefore, the timing generator 30 outputs the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync in synchronization with the timing at which the image data generation processing for each line is completed, so that the display of the lines for which the image data generation processing has been completed in the liquid crystal panel 42. It is set as the structure which starts. According to this configuration, the display of each line is not started before the preparation of the image data is completed, and each line can be displayed immediately when the display preparation of each line is completed.

In the liquid crystal panel 42, the timing generator 30 only needs to be able to perform pixel display of each line of the liquid crystal panel 42 within the horizontal synchronization period defined by the output timing of the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync. The data active signal DD _active and the data clock signal DDotclock are output so that the pixel display for one line can be performed within the period assumed as the shortest period of the horizontal synchronization period defined by the output timing of DH _sync. .

Further, in this embodiment, in order to prevent the output data from the area image sensor 15 and the display on the liquid crystal panel 42 from being inconsistent in frame units, the vertical synchronization signal SV _sync of the area image sensor 15 and the liquid crystal panel 42 vertical synchronization signals DV _sync are set to synchronize. That is, the timing generator 30 outputs the vertical synchronization signal DV _sync of the display unit 40 after a predetermined period from the timing when the vertical synchronization signal SV _sync of the area image sensor 15 is output. As a result, in this embodiment, the periods of the vertical synchronization signals SV _sync and DV _sync are the same and constant. Therefore, the subject imaged by the area image sensor 15 is not displayed on the liquid crystal panel 42 with a delay of one frame period or more, and the image of the subject imaged at the same timing is displayed over a plurality of frame periods. 42 is not displayed.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, since the horizontal synchronization period defined by the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync of the liquid crystal panel 42 has a variable length, even if the horizontal synchronization period changes, the periods of the vertical synchronization signals SV _sync and DV _sync are the same and It is configured to maintain a constant state. Specifically, the timing generator 30 cancels the time fluctuation from the reference period T _H by extending or shortening the horizontal synchronization period with respect to a predetermined reference period T _H , thereby The output signal is controlled so that the vertical synchronization period for displaying the frame is constant. The reference period _TH is constituted by, for example, a horizontal synchronization period in the case where each line is displayed in an equal period for the total number of lines of the liquid crystal panel 42 within the vertical synchronization period.

In the subject image display region R ₁ , the horizontal synchronization period can be extended by waiting for the output of the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync until the generation processing of the image data of each line is completed. Furthermore, in the information display region R ₂ of the liquid crystal panel 42 for displaying characters indicating information such as the shooting conditions, the cumulative difference between the period T _H of prolonged by horizontal synchronizing period and a reference in the object image display area R ₁ The horizontal synchronization period is shortened from the reference period T _H so as to cancel out.

FIG. 4 shows the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync output from the timing generator 30 configured as described above, and shows the data active signal DD _{active, the} data clock signal DDotclock, and progress information together. In the present embodiment, the progress information output from the resizing processing unit 20e is maintained at a low level during the process of generating image data for one line, and the generation of image data for one line is performed. It is composed of a single pulse that is at a high level for a predetermined period when the processing is completed.

When the timing generator 30 acquires the progress information by the progress information acquisition unit 30a, the display control unit 30b outputs a horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync in synchronization with the progress information pulse. Therefore, if, within the period T _H of the reference, when the generation process of the image data of a certain line is not in time are not output a horizontal synchronizing signal DH _sync until generation process is completed, a horizontal synchronization period T _DH longer than the period T _H of the criteria. Therefore, within the reference period T _H, when the generation process of the image data of a certain line is not in time, displayed on the liquid crystal panel 42 of the line to the generation process is completed is not started. Further, the display is not performed before the preparation of the image data of each line is completed. Further, since the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync is output when the generation processing of the image data of a certain line is completed, the display is performed without delay when the preparation of the image data of each line is completed. As described above, in the present embodiment, since the liquid crystal panel 42 is driven in a state where the horizontal synchronization period T _DH can be longer than the reference period T _H , image data for one line to be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 42 is displayed. It is suitable for application to an aspect in which the generation period can vary from line to line. Such an aspect can be assumed to be an aspect in which the data output processing of the area image sensor 15 and the speed of the image data generation processing by the image data generation unit 20 may be different for each line. Needless to say, the present invention may be applied to an aspect in which the processing speed may be different for each line depending on imaging conditions and hardware used for imaging. For example, the present invention is applied to a configuration in which a vertical synchronization period and a horizontal synchronization period of the area image sensor 15 are changed by a user operating the operation unit 55, or a period required for image data generation processing is changed. It is possible. Furthermore, the present invention is applied to a configuration in which the vertical synchronization period or horizontal synchronization period of the area image sensor 15 is changed by changing the detachable EVF or the detachable lens, or the period required for image data generation processing is changed. Is possible.

As described above, in the subject image display area R ₁ in the present embodiment, the timing generator 30 according to the progress information output from the resizing section 20e adjusts the horizontal synchronization period T _DH. For this reason, the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync can be lengthened in accordance with the progress of the generation processing of the image data to be displayed in the subject image display region R ₁ , and the horizontal specified by the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync of the liquid crystal panel 42. The synchronization period T _DH is not always constant. On the other hand, as described above, there in case for the present embodiment is a constant vertical synchronization period defined by the vertical synchronizing signal DV _sync, the horizontal synchronization period T _DH in the subject image display area R ₁ is prolonged also, as the display of all the lines of the liquid crystal panel 42 is completed within a vertical synchronization period, the timing generator 30 so that an information display area in the R ₂ shorter than the period T _H of the aforementioned reference horizontal synchronizing period T _DH2 Set the output timing of the horizontal sync signal DH _sync .

That is, information data (hereinafter referred to as OSD data) indicating characters or the like of shooting conditions can be created in advance and recorded in the VRAM 51 regardless of the operation of the area image sensor 15, and thus is based on OSD data. Even if the display is executed in a short horizontal synchronization period, it is possible to perform an appropriate display without causing overtaking of data reading. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the horizontal synchronization in the information display area R ₂ that displays characters indicating information such as shooting conditions rather than the subject image display area R ₁ for performing display based on the output data of the area image sensor 15. Set the period to be shorter.

Specifically, the timing generator 30 adjusts the output timing of the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync , so that the sum of the differences between the horizontal synchronization period T _DH extended in the subject image display region R ₁ and the reference period T _H is obtained. and in the information display region R ₂ and the difference sum of the period T _H of shortening the horizontal synchronizing period T _DH2 and reference to shorten the horizontal synchronization period T _DH2 to match. As a result, horizontal synchronization period T _DH2 <reference period ≦ horizontal synchronization period T _DH . Here, in the information display region R ₂ , various configurations can be adopted as a configuration for outputting the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync so that the horizontal synchronization period T _DH2 is shorter than the above-described horizontal synchronization period T _H. is there. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the value [Delta] T obtained by dividing the subject image display area sum of the delay [Delta] T ₁ relative to the horizontal synchronizing period T _H generated in the R ₁ (ΣΔT ₁₎ information display region R ₂ of the number of lines L ₂ A configuration in which ₂ is a period to be shortened in each line can be adopted. That is, a configuration in which the horizontal synchronization period T _H −ΔT ₂ is the horizontal synchronization period T _DH2 in the information display region R ₂ can be employed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the subject image display region R _{1 of} the liquid crystal panel 42 and the subject image display region R _{1 of} the liquid crystal panel 42 and line number of the portion corresponding to the information display area R ₂ is predetermined. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 2, lines ₁ to 682 are subject image display areas R ₁ , and lines 683 to 768 are information display areas R ₂ . Therefore, when the timing generator 30 performs display on the subject image display region R ₁ corresponding to ₁ to 682 lines, it outputs the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync at a timing according to the above-described progress information, while 683 lines. when performing display on the information display area R ₂ corresponding to ～768 line, and outputs a horizontal synchronizing signal DH _sync so that the short horizontal synchronization period T _DH2 than the period T _H of the criteria described above.

The ASIC 200 also includes an image data output unit 201. The image data output unit 201 displays the image data (Data) recorded in the line buffer 52d when displaying the 1st to 682th lines of the liquid crystal panel 42. The data are output line-sequentially to the unit 40. As a result, the image of the subject photographed by the area image sensor 15 is displayed in the subject image display area R ₁ . Further, CPU 50 is recording the OSD data to the VRAM51 in previous for displaying at least information display area R _2. The image data output unit 201 acquires the OSD data recorded in the VRAM 51 when displaying 683 lines to 768 lines on the liquid crystal panel 42, and performs line sequential with respect to the display unit 40 as image data (Data). Output to. As a result, the character of such imaging conditions is displayed on the information display area R _2.

According to this configuration, in the subject image display area R ₁ , the subject photographed by the area image sensor 15 with the delay minimized is displayed, and in the information display area R ₂ , the OSD data is used within a short horizontal synchronization period. Information such as shooting conditions is displayed. Then, as described above, synchronous horizontal is prolonged in the subject image display area R ₁ period T _DH and shortening the horizontal synchronization period, in an amount and information display region R ₂ of the difference between the reference period T _H T _DH2 performed and since the horizontal synchronizing period is controlled so that the difference between the sum of the reference period T _H coincide, the vertical synchronizing signal SV _sync, the period of the DV _sync is a display by the display unit 40 at the same and constant conditions be able to. Therefore, the subject photographed by the area image sensor 15 is not displayed on the liquid crystal panel 42 with a delay of one frame period or more, and the same image may be displayed on the liquid crystal panel 42 over a plurality of frame periods. Absent.

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The above embodiment is an example for carrying out the present invention. As long as the generation processing of the image data is specified for each line based on the progress information and the line for which the generation processing is completed is displayed. In addition, various other embodiments can be adopted.

For example, when the longer than the period T _H of the reference horizontal synchronizing period T _DH may be prolonged the back porch of the horizontal synchronizing signal DH _sync. In this configuration, for example, in the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the progress information acquisition unit 30a detects the output period of the progress information from the resizing processing unit 20e. That is, the period T _{S (N} from the progress information output at the time when the image data generation process for the (N−1) th line is completed to the progress information output at the time when the image data generation process for the Nth line is completed. _-1) is detected. The timing generator 30 determines the length of the back porch of the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync of the Nth line based on the period T _{S (N−1)} and outputs various signals.

That is, the timing generator 30 outputs the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync of the Nth line by the processing of the display control unit 30b, and then calculates the reference from the length of the period T _{S (N-1)} as shown in FIG. When a period ΔT ₁ obtained by reducing the length of the period T _H has elapsed, a signal DH _sync2 indicating a precharge period is output. Further, the timing generator 30 outputs DD _active when a predetermined precharge period has elapsed after outputting the signal DH _sync2 by the processing of the display control unit 300b, and outputs a data clock signal of the number of pixels for one line. After maintaining the DD _active level until DDotclock is output, a front porch for a predetermined period is provided and the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync of the (N + 1) th line is output. Here, a period of from the start of the precharge period until the end of the front porch is equal to the term T _H of reference. Therefore, the sum of the time period T _H and [Delta] T ₁ horizontal synchronizing period T _DH reference of a period between the N-th line of the horizontal synchronizing signal DH _sync and N + 1 th line of the horizontal synchronizing signal DH _sync. As a result, it becomes possible to display the N line after precharging and polarity inversion or the like in synchronization with the liquid crystal panel 42 to the signal DH _sync2, prolonged than the period T _H of the reference horizontal synchronizing period T _DH It becomes possible.

In the first embodiment described above, since the front porch of the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync is lengthened, the back porch period can be set to a constant period, and precharge, polarity inversion, etc. can be performed as usual. A period for performing can be provided.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, to match the period of the vertical synchronizing signal DV _sync period and the liquid crystal panel 42 of the vertical synchronizing signal SV _sync of the area image sensor 15, the subject in the information display region R ₂ of the liquid crystal panel 42 The horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync is output so that the horizontal synchronization period is shorter than the image display region R ₁ , but the period of the vertical synchronization signal SV _{sync and} the period of the vertical synchronization signal DV _sync of the liquid crystal panel 42 are set by other methods. You may match. For example, in a normal photographing apparatus, since the number of lines of the area image sensor 15 is larger than the number of lines of the liquid crystal panel 42, it is assumed that the horizontal synchronization period to be secured within a specific vertical synchronization period is equal. The horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync of the liquid crystal panel 42 is shorter than the horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync of the image sensor 15. Therefore, even when the horizontal synchronization signal DH _sync of the liquid crystal panel 42 is extended, it is rarely necessary to increase the vertical synchronization period of the liquid crystal panel 42 due to the extension. In the case where the vertical synchronizing signal DV _sync of the liquid crystal panel 42 is longer than the vertical synchronization signal SV _sync of the area image sensor 15 by prolonged horizontal synchronizing signal DH _sync, long vertical synchronizing signal SV _sync of the area image sensor 15 The vertical synchronization signal DV _sync and the vertical synchronization signal SV _sync may be synchronized.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the progress information indicating whether or not the resizing process in the image data generation process is completed is obtained for each line. However, the final process of the image data generation process is Even if it is not the resizing process, it is only necessary to acquire progress information about the process that is the final process. Further, if the processing time of the final process of the image data generation process can be ignored so as to be negligible or can be processed in a fixed time, and the end of the final process can be predicted, the process ( For example, it is only necessary to acquire progress information about a process that is a process in which the processing time may vary. Further, when the image data generation process includes an image processing process for generating data for one line with reference to data of a plurality of lines, the progress information may be acquired for the process.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating the imaging apparatus 1 having a configuration for acquiring progress information for a plurality of image processing steps for generating data for one line with reference to data for a plurality of lines. In FIG. 6, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. The timing generator 300 of the photographing apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 6 includes a line for which output data output from the area image sensor 15 has been completed, a color reproduction processing unit 20b of the image data generation unit 20, a gamma correction unit 20d, and a resizing processing unit 20e. It is possible to acquire progress information indicating the lines for which the data generation processing has been completed. Further, the timing generator 300 causes the pixel control unit 20a, the filter processing unit 20c, and the resizing processing unit 20e to start generating data for one line by the processing of the display control unit 300b. For example, a horizontal synchronizing signal) can be output.

  That is, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, when the output data of the Kth line is output from the area image sensor 15, the pixel interpolation unit 20a can execute the processing of the Lth line data, and the pixel interpolation unit 20a and As a result of the line-sequential processing by the color reproduction processing unit 20b, it is specified in advance that the processing of the Mth line data can be executed by the filter processing unit 20c when the processing of the Lth line data is completed. Further, as a result of line sequential processing by the filter processing unit 20c and the gamma correction unit 20d, when the processing of the Mth line data is completed, the resize processing unit 20e can start the generation processing of the Nth line image data. It is specified in advance.

Then, the timing generator 300 specifies that the output data of the Kth line has been output from the area image sensor 15 based on the horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync having a specified period output from the timing generator 300. When it is determined that the output data of the Kth line has been output from the area image sensor 15, the timing generator 300 outputs a trigger signal to the pixel interpolating unit 20a to start the data processing of the Lth line. Further, when the progress information acquisition unit 300a determines that the processing of the L-th line data has been completed in the color reproduction processing unit 20b, the timing generator 300 outputs a trigger signal to the filter processing unit 20c. Data processing for the Mth line is started. Further, when the progress information acquisition unit 300a determines that the processing of the M-th line data has been completed in the gamma correction unit 20d, the timing generator 300 outputs a trigger signal to the resizing processing unit 20e and outputs N The generation process of the image data of the line is started.

When the resize processing unit 20e determines that the generation processing of the Nth line image data has been completed, the timing generator 300 generates a horizontal synchronization signal for displaying the Nth line as in the above-described embodiment. Output DH _sync . That is, in the image processing process in which the generation of data of a certain line can be started after the data of two or more lines are recorded in the line buffer in the image data generation unit 20, the generation of data of the minimum necessary number of lines is generated. It is determined whether or not the processing is finished, and the next image processing step is started when the generation processing is finished. With this configuration, the processing for each line is not started before the data necessary for executing each process is prepared, and the processing for each line can be started immediately after the data for each line is ready. It becomes possible. As a result, the waiting time when executing each image processing step is minimized. In the present embodiment, since the minimum number of lines of data need only be temporarily recorded in the line buffers 52a to 52d, the capacity of the line buffers 52a to 52d can be minimized.

Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the display unit 40 is an EVF using a liquid crystal panel, but the display unit 40 is a display unit other than the EVF, for example, a display unit using a liquid crystal panel attached to the back of the photographing apparatus 1. It may be, or a system using a system other than the liquid crystal panel may be used. The photographing apparatus 1 may be a single-lens reflex camera provided with a mirror, a movie camera, or a device such as a mobile phone having a photographing function. Further, in the area image sensor 15 described above, the color filter is a Bayer array, but the present invention may be applied to an imaging apparatus using a sensor configured with an array other than the Bayer array. Further, the line buffer 52d may be a line buffer, but may be a VRAM having a recording capacity for recording image data for one frame. According to this configuration, various processes based on image data to be displayed can be performed. Furthermore, the horizontal synchronization period only needs to be longer than the reference period, and various periods can be assumed as the reference period. For example, the period of the horizontal synchronization signal SH _sync of the area image sensor 15 and the generation period of the image data may be set as the reference period. Furthermore, various forms of transfer of various signals from the timing generator 30 to the display unit 40 can be adopted, and they may be transferred by HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) or the like. Further, the direction in the above-described embodiment may be reversed. For example, the display may be performed from left to right or from right to left in the horizontal direction.

Furthermore, the OSD data may be image data indicating predetermined information to be displayed in the information display area of the display unit. Various information other than the shooting conditions, for example, the remaining amount of the battery mounted on the shooting device 1 is indicated. The information to be displayed may be configured as predetermined information to be displayed. In addition to the above-described configuration, various configurations can be adopted as a configuration for setting the periods of the vertical synchronization signals SV _sync and DV _sync to be the same and constant. For example, after the display of the object image display region R _1, the vertical synchronization by the horizontal synchronization period a minimum period that can be set to display OSD data in the information display area R ₂ in the information display region R ₂ signal DV _sync of ends the display of all the lines of the liquid crystal panel 42 to output the timing earlier, may be configured such that the vertical synchronizing signal DV _sync with output timing of the specified after waiting the remaining period is output.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, there is one subject image display area and one information display area, the subject image display area is disposed above the liquid crystal panel 42, and the information display area is disposed below the liquid crystal panel 42. It was. For this reason, in the above-described embodiment, display is performed line-sequentially from the upper end line to the lower end line of the subject image display area, and then from the upper end line to the lower end line of the information display area. It is possible to perform display in a line sequential manner. In the above-described embodiment, the line display period in the information display area to be displayed later is determined using this configuration.

  As described above, the configuration in which the line display period in the information display area can be determined by executing the display in the information display area after the display in the subject image display area is one in which the subject image display area is continuous in the vertical direction. This is possible regardless of whether or not there is one area. That is, when displaying for one frame, the line is sequentially displayed from the line located at one end of the subject image display area, and after the line located at the other end of the subject image display area is displayed, the subject A configuration is possible in which each line in the information display area is displayed in line sequence from a line adjacent to the other end of the image display area.

For example, a configuration is assumed in which information display areas are provided at the upper and lower ends of the liquid crystal panel 42, and a subject image display area is provided between the upper and lower information display areas. Even in this configuration, the line display period in the information display area can be easily determined by performing display in the following order. That is, display is started from the upper end of the subject image display area instead of the upper end of the liquid crystal panel 42, and the display is performed up to the lower end of the subject image display area. Further, the information display area line adjacent to the lower end of the subject image display area is displayed, and thereafter, the line is sequentially displayed downward. When the display is performed up to the lower end of the liquid crystal panel 42, the display may be performed in a line sequential manner from the upper end of the liquid crystal panel 42 to the lower end of the remaining information display area.
However, the determination of the display order and the line display period in the information display area is not limited to this. For example, the display is started from the upper end of the liquid crystal panel 42 in a configuration in which the information display areas are provided at the upper and lower ends of the liquid crystal panel 42 and the subject image display area is provided between the upper and lower information display areas. The line display period of the information display area on the lower end side may be determined based on the line display period on the upper end side and the line display period of the subject image display area.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Imaging device, 10 ... Optical system, 11 ... Lens, 12 ... Aperture, 13 ... Shutter, 14 ... Low pass filter, 15 ... Area image sensor, 20 ... Image data generation part, 20a ... Pixel interpolation part, 20b ... Color reproduction Processing unit, 20c ... Filter processing unit, 20d ... Gamma correction unit, 20e ... Resize processing unit, 20f ... Image data output unit, 30 ... Timing generator, 30a ... Progress information acquisition unit, 30b ... Display control unit, 40 ... Display unit 41 ... Liquid crystal panel driver, 42 ... Liquid crystal panel, 52a ... Line buffer, 52b ... Line buffer, 52c ... Line buffer, 52d ... Line buffer, 55 ... Operation unit.

Claims (4)

An image data generation unit that performs generation processing of image data indicating an image of the subject based on output data of a photographing sensor that photographs the subject;
An information data acquisition unit for acquiring information data for displaying predetermined information in the information display area;
Based on the image data generated by the generation process, the image of the subject is displayed in the subject image display area of the display unit, and in the information display area of the display unit, the display is updated for each line more than the subject image display area. A display control unit for displaying the predetermined information based on the information data in a state in which a line display period to be spent is shortened;
An imaging device comprising: The display control unit
Progress information indicating the progress of the image data generation process for each line is acquired, and the lines specified by the progress information as to completion of the image data generation process are sequentially displayed in the subject image display area.
The imaging device according to claim 1. The display control unit
A value obtained by dividing a sum of delays with respect to the reference period of the line display period in the subject image display area by the number of lines of the information display area is a value obtained by subtracting from the reference period of the line display period in the information display area. The line display period is shortened as the upper limit value.
The imaging device according to claim 1 or 2. The subject image display area is one area continuous in the direction in which the lines are arranged,
The display control unit performs line-sequential display from a line located at one end of the subject image display area when displaying one frame, and a line located at the other end of the subject image display area Display each line of the information display area in a line-sequential manner from a line adjacent to the other end of the subject image display area.
The imaging device according to claim 3.

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