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US07920191B2 Image capturing apparatus in which pixel charge signals are divided and output in a different order than an arrangement of pixels on an image capturing element and then rearranged and stored in a same order as the arrangement of the pixels on the image capturing element, and method thereof 有权
其中像素电荷信号以与图像拍摄元件上的像素的排列不同的顺序被分割和输出,然后以与图像捕获元件上的像素的布置相同的顺序重新排列和存储的图像捕获装置及其方法

  • Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus in which pixel charge signals are divided and output in a different order than an arrangement of pixels on an image capturing element and then rearranged and stored in a same order as the arrangement of the pixels on the image capturing element, and method thereof
  • Patent Title (中): 其中像素电荷信号以与图像拍摄元件上的像素的排列不同的顺序被分割和输出,然后以与图像捕获元件上的像素的布置相同的顺序重新排列和存储的图像捕获装置及其方法
  • Application No.: US11999702
    Application Date: 2007-12-04
  • Publication No.: US07920191B2
    Publication Date: 2011-04-05
  • Inventor: Masateru Nishimoto
  • Applicant: Masateru Nishimoto
  • Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
  • Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
  • Current Assignee: Casio Computer Co., Ltd.
  • Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
  • Agency: Holtz, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC
  • Priority: JP2006-331342 20061208; JP2007-105378 20070413
  • Main IPC: H04N3/14
  • IPC: H04N3/14 H04N5/235
Image capturing apparatus in which pixel charge signals are divided and output in a different order than an arrangement of pixels on an image capturing element and then rearranged and stored in a same order as the arrangement of the pixels on the image capturing element, and method thereof
Abstract:
When driven in an all-pixel read mode, a CCD (1) outputs, with each horizontal sync timing signal, captured image signals including signal charges arranged in a different order from that in which the pixels are actually arranged on a photosensitive surface of the CCD. During this time, the respective pixel signals are digitized sequentially by an A/D converter (5) to corresponding image data, which are then temporarily stored in units of a line in a line buffer (7) via a data distributor (6). In this case, an address generator (8) generates, for the respective image data, write addresses to store the respective image data in the line buffer (7) in the same order as the pixels of the photosensitive surface are actually arranged. In accordance with these write addresses, the data distributor (6) distributes the respective image data to appropriate addresses in the line buffer (7), thereby storing the image data there (FIG. 1).
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