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US 4,074,324 AGranted
Instant electronic camera
OwnerJon S. Barrettinventor
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Abstract
A conventional lens system projects an image on a planar array of light sensitive elements of a charge coupled device from which digital signals containing the picture information are produced and stored for reproduction by a mechanical printer.
Claims4
An instantaneous camera comprising a lens system;
- a solid state array imaging device having discrete light sensitive points whose accumulated charge is a function of the incident light;
- means for positioning said imaging device in predetermined relationship with said lens system;
- means for sensing charges at said points and generating in predetermined order a sequence of pulses whose amplitudes are a function of the respective instantaneous charges at said points;
- a printer responsive to said pulses and having means for direct production of visible marks;
- and means coupling said last-said means to said printer.
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