CCD camera forming a still image by adding offset values to the odd and even fields and method for controlling the same

A method for controlling a Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera, the method comprising:

• receiving CCD data allocable into a plurality of fields comprising a first odd field and a first even field;
• storing the CCD data in memory in a raw state according to the fields received;
• generating a second odd field and a second even field with reference to data comprising the first odd field and first even field;
• and
• combining data from the second odd field and second even field to form a still image,
• wherein the second odd field and the second even field are formed by adding an offset value to the raw state CCD data,
• wherein the offset value is formed utilizing average values of the first odd field and the first even field.

A Charge Coupled Device (CCD) camera comprising:

• an input unit for receiving photographing commands;
• a CCD imaging unit, comprising a plurality of CCDs, for outputting electric signals according to incident light;
• memory for storing the electric signals output from the CCD imaging unit;
• and
• a controller for reading the electric signals in raw data state, which are accumulated in each CCD element of the CCD imaging unit by virtue of the incident light when a photographing command is input via the input unit, the controller being configured to record the electric signals read in the memory according to fields, and for composing a still image by adding offset values to the raw data of both an odd field and an even field recorded in the memory, so as to form a second odd field and a second even field by utilizing average values of the even field CCD signal values and the odd field CCD signal values.