Image processing apparatus, image processing method and recording medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTakashi Sakai
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Abstract
An image processing apparatus easily and reliably realizes complicated 1-line processing by a simple method, and controls accumulation period for respective colors without any particular function such as shutters on the line sensor side. One line period is divided into a reading section for reading valid image data, a dummy section for sweeping electric charge accumulated in the reading section and for synchronization, and a section for setting accumulation periods for the respective colors. In the reading section, the line sensor is driven by a necessary transfer frequency, and in the other sections, the sensor is driven at a high speed.
Claims14
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- a line sensor which photoelectric-converts light into a signal then accumulates the signal, and outputs the signal as a 1-line electric signal;
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- a drive circuit which drives said line sensor such that one line period is divided into a first section for reading valid image data, a second section for storing dummy image data, and a third section for storing valid image data,
- wherein said line sensor includes a first line sensor and a second line sensor for storing different color signals, and wherein said drive circuit sets different accumulation periods for the respective colors by setting different second sections in said first line sensor and said second line sensor.
An image processing apparatus comprising:
- plural photoreception accumulation portions which respectively perform photoelectric conversion and accumulate different color signals;
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- drive circuit which starts accumulation of new signal by reading signals accumulated in said photoreception accumulation portions, and sets accumulation periods for respective colors by changing timings of reading signals from said photoreception accumulation portions for the respective colors,
- wherein said drive circuit reads valid image data from said photoreception accumulation portions and then sets different dummy signal accumulation periods for each of the respective colors.
An image processing method comprising the steps of:
- photoelectric-converting light into a signal then
- accumulating the signal, and outputting the signal as a 1-line electric signal, by a line sensor;
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- driving said line sensor such that one line period is divided into a first section for reading valid image data, a second section for storing dummy image data, and a third section for storing the valid image data,
- wherein said line sensor includes a first line sensor and a second line sensor for storing different color signals, and wherein said drive circuit sets different accumulation periods for the respective colors by setting different second sections in said first line sensor and said second line sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.