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Image pickup device having a photoconductive optical modulator element

US4831452A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1987
Grant dateMay 16, 1989
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/00
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image pickup device includes an optical modulator element for storing information corresponding to an optical image formed thereon, an imaging lens for forming an optical image of an object on the optical modulator element, and a device for reading the optical image information from the optical modulator element and for generating information corresponding to the optical image of the object formed on the optical modulator element.

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