Imaging apparatus, imaging control apparatus, imaging system, and method for controlling imaging apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShimpei Konishi
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus configured to output an imaging enabling signal in response to an imaging instruction includes an imaging unit, a control unit configured to cause the imaging unit to repeatedly perform initialization driving for reading an accumulated electrical signal, and a determination unit configured to determine whether to start new initialization driving before the imaging enabling signal is output, according to an elapsed time from completion of the last initialization driving to the time of receipt of the imaging instruction.
Claims31
An imaging apparatus for outputting an imaging enabling signal in response to an imaging instruction, the imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging unit;
- a control unit configured to cause the imaging unit to repeatedly perform initialization driving for reading an accumulated electrical signal;
- and
- a determination unit configured to determine whether to start new initialization driving before the imaging enabling signal is output, according to an elapsed time from completion of the last initialization driving to the time of receipt of the imaging instruction.
An imaging control apparatus configured to control an imaging unit and to output an imaging enabling signal in response to an imaging instruction, the imaging control apparatus comprising:
- a control unit configured to cause the imaging unit to repeatedly perform initialization driving for reading an accumulated electrical signal;
- and
- a determination unit configured to determine whether to start new initialization driving before the imaging enabling signal is output, according to an elapsed time from completion of the last initialization driving to the time of receipt of the imaging instruction.
A method for controlling an imaging apparatus configured to output an imaging enabling signal in response to an imaging instruction, the method comprising:
- causing an imaging unit of the imaging apparatus to repeatedly perform initialization driving for reading an accumulated electrical signal;
- and
- determining whether to start new initialization driving before the imaging enabling signal is output, according to an elapsed time from completion of the last initialization driving to the time of receipt of the imaging instruction.
An imaging control apparatus configured to control an imaging unit and to output an imaging enabling signal in response to an imaging instruction, the imaging control apparatus comprising:
- a control unit configured to cause the imaging unit to repeatedly perform initialization driving for reading an accumulated electrical signal;
- and
- a determination unit configured to determine whether to start new initialization driving in response to the receipt of the imaging instruction before the imaging enabling signal is output, according to an elapsed time from completion of the last initialization driving.
A method for controlling an imaging apparatus configured to output an imaging enabling signal in response to an imaging instruction, the method comprising:
- controlling an imaging unit to repeatedly perform initialization driving for reading an accumulated electrical signal;
- determining whether to start new initialization driving in response to the receipt of the imaging instruction before the imaging enabling signal is output, according to an elapsed time from completion of the last initialization driving.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.