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Imaging apparatus, imaging method and recording medium for minimizing release time lag

US7656457B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 16, 2006
Grant dateFeb 2, 2010
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2027

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

Abstract

An imaging apparatus that includes a device for discharging charge or F/E-IC for discharging charge accumulated in an imaging device or CCD and for canceling exposure in a discharging term of the charge. The imaging apparatus also includes a light shielding device or mechanical shutter unit for a mechanical shutter, which shields light by the mechanical shutter, and a control device or CPU block for hastening by a predetermined time the charge discharging term of the CCD in the discharging device and a light shielding timing of the mechanical shutter in the light shielding device, when a shutter speed for recording a subject is more than a predetermined time.

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