Compatible wide-screen television system camera
US4683498A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 1986 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N9/11
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A solid-state imager for a television camera which generates a compatible wide-screen signal, i.e., a wide-screen signal with compressed left and right edge portions for each television line. The solid-state imager includes photosensitive picture elements (pixels) which are nonuniformly distributed in each row of the imager in accordance with the amount of compression desired in the left and right edge portions of the signal.
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