Still image and moving image capturing device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorKeiichi Mori
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Abstract
When still images are captured, signals read from all pixel cells of a pixel cell array having a Bayer array of color filters are selected, as a first output to be recorded and displayed, by an output selector. When moving images are captured, a 9-pixel binned signal is selected as the first output by the output selector, and a differential component between an output signal of a pixel cell located at the center-of-mass position of the 9 pixels, and the 9-pixel binned signal, is supplied as a second output from a memory circuit. Contrast information of a subject image is acquired based on the second output to perform lens focus adjustment.
Claims8
A still image and moving image capturing device comprising:
- a solid-state imaging element including a plurality of pixel cells arranged in a matrix;
- an all-pixel reader configured to read all pixels to generate a still image;
- a pixel-binning reader configured to read a plurality of pixels in at least one of a row direction and a column direction, with pixel binning, to generate a moving image;
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- a pixel-component-in-binning-range reader configured to be capable of being operated simultaneously with the pixel-binning reader and read signal components of pixels within a spatial range within which pixel binning is performed by the pixel-binning reader, wherein:
- one of the all-pixel reader and the pixel-binning reader is working while the other is not active, and
- the signal read out by the pixel-component-in-binning-range reader contains a signal component of a pixel closest to a center-of-mass position of the pixels binned by the pixel-binning reader.
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