Solid state imaging apparatus with means for controlling signal accumulation period
September 23, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3090829 Electronic still camera Electronic camera CCD Imager Smear reduction in CCD imagers using empty well clocking CCD imagers with registers partitioned for simultaneous charge transfers in opposing directions Still picture recording apparatus and a solid-state image pickup device suitable for this apparatus Field-transfer CCD imagers with poly-phase image registers, operated to provide pseudo line interlace on alternate fields Picture signal generating apparatus Focus detecting apparatus for camera InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 07/100233 filed on 09/23/1987US Classes:348/297, Accumulation or integration time responsive to light or signal intensity348/303With charge transfer type output registerExaminersPrimary: Lev, RobertAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassH04N 5/235 (20060101)Foreign Application Priority Data1986-09-24 JPAbstractIn an apparatus reading out picture data from an imaging device to store the data once in a memory and reading out the data again from the memory so that the video signal may be processed for reproduction, the period during which the picture data is read out from the imaging device is regulated to be varied according to luminance of an object, and to be longer than a field period, whereby a good reproduced picture with reduced noise is obtained. | |
