AU2001283029A1 - All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera - Google Patents

All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera

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Publication number
AU2001283029A1
AU2001283029A1 AU2001283029A AU8302901A AU2001283029A1 AU 2001283029 A1 AU2001283029 A1 AU 2001283029A1 AU 2001283029 A AU2001283029 A AU 2001283029A AU 8302901 A AU8302901 A AU 8302901A AU 2001283029 A1 AU2001283029 A1 AU 2001283029A1
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Prior art keywords
still camera
digital still
resolution digital
electronic high
electronic
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Abandoned
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AU2001283029A
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Inventor
Richard F Lyon
Carver A. Mead
Richard B. Merrill
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Foveon Inc
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Foveon Inc
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Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/60—Control of cameras or camera modules
    • H04N23/67—Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/70—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/60—Control of cameras or camera modules
    • H04N23/63—Control of cameras or camera modules by using electronic viewfinders
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/70—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene
    • H04N23/73—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene by influencing the exposure time
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/40—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled
    • H04N25/44—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by partially reading an SSIS array
    • H04N25/441—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by partially reading an SSIS array by reading contiguous pixels from selected rows or columns of the array, e.g. interlaced scanning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/53—Control of the integration time
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/77—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N3/00—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages
    • H04N3/10—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical
    • H04N3/14—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by means of electrically scanned solid-state devices
    • H04N3/15—Scanning details of television systems; Combination thereof with generation of supply voltages by means not exclusively optical-mechanical by means of electrically scanned solid-state devices for picture signal generation
    • H04N3/155—Control of the image-sensor operation, e.g. image processing within the image-sensor
    • H04N3/1562—Control of the image-sensor operation, e.g. image processing within the image-sensor for selective scanning, e.g. windowing, zooming

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Computer Vision & Pattern Recognition (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Studio Devices (AREA)
  • Color Television Image Signal Generators (AREA)
  • Exposure Control For Cameras (AREA)
  • Stroboscope Apparatuses (AREA)
AU2001283029A 2000-08-04 2001-07-27 All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera Abandoned AU2001283029A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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US22281000P 2000-08-04 2000-08-04
US60/222,810 2000-08-04
PCT/US2001/023825 WO2002013510A2 (en) 2000-08-04 2001-07-27 All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera

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AU2001283029A1 true AU2001283029A1 (en) 2002-02-18

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US (1) US20020015101A1 (ko)
EP (1) EP1308032A2 (ko)
JP (1) JP2004506388A (ko)
KR (1) KR20030029124A (ko)
AU (1) AU2001283029A1 (ko)
TW (1) TW567707B (ko)
WO (1) WO2002013510A2 (ko)

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JP2004506388A (ja) 2004-02-26
US20020015101A1 (en) 2002-02-07
KR20030029124A (ko) 2003-04-11
WO2002013510A2 (en) 2002-02-14
EP1308032A2 (en) 2003-05-07
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