Photography – With exposure objective focusing means – focusing aid – or... – Having accumulation photoarray and time control means
Patent
1994-06-20
1997-09-09
Blankenship, Howard B.
Photography
With exposure objective focusing means, focusing aid, or...
Having accumulation photoarray and time control means
396127, 348356, G03B 300, G03B 1318
Patent
active
056665679
ABSTRACT:
An image sensor and a focus detection device or distance detection device using the image sensor, wherein the accumulation time of the image sensor is controlled by a characteristic value of the subject image signals without all subject image signals produced by the image sensor having to undergo analog-to-digital conversion. The image sensor includes a light receiving unit having a light receiving element. The image sensor produces electric charges corresponding to light incident on the light receiving element, accumulates the corresponding electric charges, produces a charge signal corresponding to the accumulated electric charges and outputs the charge signal so that the charge signal can be provided to a device which is external to the image sensor. A characteristic value detection unit is also provided inside the image sensor which receives the charge signal from the light receiving unit, detects a characteristic value based on the charge signal and outputs a characteristic signal corresponding to the detected characteristic value. In this manner, the characteristic value is determined from an analog charge signal before the charge signal is converted to digital form.
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Blankenship Howard B.
Nikon Corporation
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