Digital photography device having a rolling shutter

Details Digital photography device having a rolling shutter Digital photography device having a rolling shutter

2003-05-07

2008-11-18

Ye, Lin (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Optics

C348S362000, C348S370000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07453514

ABSTRACT:
Various methods, apparatuses, and systems in which a digital photography device includes a rolling shutter, a sensor, and a flash are described. The sensor implements a rolling shutter timing mechanism. The shutter includes a material that has an alterable translucent state. The shutter is in the optical path of light going to the sensor. The flash generates a pulsed illumination. The alterable translucent state of the shutter controls the sensor's exposure to the photographic effects of ambient light during a picture using the pulsed illumination.

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