Imaging apparatus, and method of controlling imaging apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorSHUNSUKE MARUYAMA
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Abstract
Image quality is to be increased by a compound-lens type imaging apparatus. Lines each having pixels arranged in a predetermined direction are arranged on the light receiving surface. The pixels each generate a pixel signal by performing exposure when supplied with an exposure start signal. First and second lenses form first and second images that partially overlap at overlapping portions on the light receiving surface. A scanning unit supplies the exposure start signal to a line sequentially selected in the overlapping portion of the first image among the lines, and the line corresponding to the selected line in the overlapping portion of the second image. A combining unit combines images formed from pixel signals into one image.
Claims9
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of lines each having a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined direction, the pixels generating pixel signals by performing exposure when supplied with an exposure start signal;
- first and second lenses configured to form first and second images on a light receiving surface on which the lines are arranged, the first and second images partially overlapping at overlapping portions;
- a scanning unit configured to sequentially select a line in the overlapping portion of the first image among the lines, and supply the exposure start signal to the selected line and a corresponding line in the overlapping portion of the second image, the corresponding line corresponding to the selected line;
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- a combining unit configured to combine a plurality of images formed from the pixel signals into one image.
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of lines each having a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined direction, the pixels generating pixel signals;
- first and second lenses configured to form first and second images on a light receiving surface on which the lines are arranged, the first and second images partially overlapping at overlapping portions;
- a reading unit configured to read the pixel signals from lines designated for reading among the lines;
- a scanning unit configured to cause exposure to be performed on all the lines, sequentially select a line in the overlapping portion of the first image among the lines, and designate, for the reading, the selected line and a corresponding line in the overlapping portion of the second image, the corresponding line corresponding to the selected line;
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- a combining unit configured to combine a plurality of images formed from the pixel signals into one image.
A method of controlling an imaging apparatus that forms first and second images partially overlapping at overlapping portions,
- the method comprising:
- a scanning step of sequentially selecting a line in the overlapping portion of the first image among a plurality of lines each having a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined direction, and supplying an exposure start signal to the selected line and a corresponding line in the overlapping portion of the second image, the corresponding line corresponding to the selected line, the scanning step being carried out by a scanning unit;
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- a combining step of combining a plurality of images formed from pixel signals into one image, the combining step being carried out by a combining unit.
A method of controlling an imaging apparatus that forms first and second images partially overlapping at overlapping portions,
- the method comprising:
- a scanning step of causing exposure to be performed on all of a plurality of lines each having a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined direction, sequentially selecting a line in the overlapping portion of the first image among the lines, and designating, for reading, the selected line and a corresponding line in the overlapping portion of the second image, the corresponding line corresponding to the selected line, the scanning step being carried out by a scanning unit;
- a reading step of reading pixel signals from the lines designated for the reading among the lines;
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- a combining step of combining a plurality of images formed from the pixel signals into one image, the combining step being carried out by a combining unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.