Television – Camera – system and detail – Solid-state image sensor
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-26
2010-11-16
Chan, Jason (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Solid-state image sensor
C348S296000, C348S301000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07834922
ABSTRACT:
There is provided an image sensing apparatus. The image sensing apparatus includes a photoelectric conversion unit constituted by a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements converting exposed light into charge and accumulating the charge therein, and an exposure time control function for controlling an exposure time of the photoelectric conversion elements, the apparatus including: a first readout unit that reads out charge from pixels composed of the photoelectric conversion elements of the photoelectric conversion unit, the charge being accumulated in the pixels as a result of exposure for a predetermined exposure time; a second readout unit that reads out charge from pixels of a specific area in a predetermined area of the photoelectric conversion unit over a plurality of times, in a period when the first readout unit is reading out charge from the pixels of the predetermined area of the photoelectric conversion unit; an image data generation unit that generates an image data on the basis of a first pixel data composed of the charge read out by the first readout unit; and a predetermined data generation unit that generates a predetermined data on the basis of a second pixel data composed of the charge read over the plurality of times by the second readout unit.
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Chan Jason
Harness & Dickey & Pierce P.L.C.
Prabhakher Pritham
Seiko Epson Corporation
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