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Solid state imaging apparatus with means for controlling signal accumulation period

US4819075A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 23, 1987
Grant dateApr 4, 1989
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Expiry dateSep 23, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/73
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an apparatus reading out picture data from an imaging device to store the data once in a memory and reading out the data again from the memory so that the video signal may be processed for reproduction, the period during which the picture data is read out from the imaging device is regulated to be varied according to luminance of an object, and to be longer than a field period, whereby a good reproduced picture with reduced noise is obtained.

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