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- Patent Title: Digital camera and control method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 数码相机及其控制方法
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Application No.: US09356564Application Date: 1999-07-19
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Publication No.: US06906751B1Publication Date: 2005-06-14
- Inventor: Toshio Norita , Kazuchika Sato , Makoto Miyazaki , Koichi Kamon , Hiroyuki Okada
- Applicant: Toshio Norita , Kazuchika Sato , Makoto Miyazaki , Koichi Kamon , Hiroyuki Okada
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Minolta Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P.
- Priority: JPP10-206493 19980722; JPP11-081566 19990325
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N9/64 ; G02B27/40 ; H04N5/222 ; H04N3/335

Abstract:
A solid-state image sensor includes a photocell array for accumulating signal charge for each pixel in accordance with progress of exposure, and a read circuit for reading out information on the accumulated signal charge from the photocell array. With an insulating structure between its input and output, an amplifier in the read circuit generates an output signal without resetting the accumulated charge in the photocell. Information on the accumulated charge is read out at different exposure times while signal charge is accumulated during exposure, and a plurality of image signals can sequentially be obtained without destroying the information.
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