Imaging apparatus, readout control method, program product, readout control apparatus, and solid-state imaging device
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsShunsuke Suzuki, Hideki Kato
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a readout unit that reads still picture signals from first pixels among a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device and reads motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles, and a readout control unit that controls the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles.
Claims27
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a readout unit that reads still picture signals from first pixels among a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device and reads motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles;
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- a readout control unit that controls the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles.
A readout control method comprising:
- a readout step of reading still picture signals from first pixels among a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device and reading motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles;
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- a readout control step of controlling the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles.
A program product having a program recorded therein, the program causing a computer to execute:
- a readout step of reading still picture signals from first pixels among a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device and reading motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles;
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- a readout control step of controlling the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles.
A readout control apparatus comprising:
- a readout unit that reads still picture signals from first pixels among a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device and reads motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles;
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- a readout control unit that controls the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles.
A solid-state imaging device comprising:
- a plurality of pixels disposed on an imaging device;
- a readout unit that reads still picture signals from first pixels among the plurality of pixels and reads motion picture signals from second pixels among the plurality of pixels at predetermined frame cycles;
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- a readout control unit that controls the readout timings of the still picture signals based on the length of a still picture exposure period for accumulating the still picture signals and the length of a motion picture frame cycle period which is the period of the frame cycles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.