Television – Camera – system and detail – Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
Reexamination Certificate
2011-08-16
2011-08-16
Vu, Ngoc-Yen T (Department: 2622)
Television
Camera, system and detail
Combined image signal generator and general image signal...
C348S222100, C348S294000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07999864
ABSTRACT:
An imaging apparatus includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units configured to output an image signal obtained by executing photoelectric conversion and a noise signal; a clipping unit configured to clip the noise signal to a clipping level when the noise signal exceeds a preset clipping level; a control unit configured to calculate the clipping level based on a signal read from the plurality of photoelectric conversion units and set the calculated clipping level to the clipping unit as the preset clipping level; and a differential unit configured to execute differential processing of subtracting a noise signal read from the photoelectric conversion unit and clipped by the clipping unit, from an image signal read from the plurality of the photoelectric conversion units.
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Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Canon USA Inc IP Division
Vu Ngoc-Yen T
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