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US 2002/0172326 A1Published application
Image sensing system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorJunichi Yamayoshi
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Abstract
This invention is to provide a system which has a plurality of sensor units and can efficiently sense an image. A sensing system includes a plurality of sensor units, a plurality of selection switches that are arranged in correspondence with the plurality of sensor units, respectively, and select corresponding sensor units, and a control circuit for setting a sensor unit selected by the selection switch in a ready state and an unselected sensor unit in a sleep state.
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A sensing system comprising:
- a plurality of sensor units;
- a plurality of selection means arranged in correspondence with said plurality of sensor units respectively, for selecting the corresponding sensor units;
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- control means for setting a sensor unit selected by said selection means in a ready state and an unselected sensor unit in a sleep state.
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A sensing system comprising:
- a plurality of sensor units;
- a plurality of selection means arranged in correspondence with said plurality of sensor units respectively, for selecting the corresponding sensor units;
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- control means for powering on a sensor unit selected by said selection means and powering off an unselected sensor unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.