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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 1981
Filed:
Mar. 20, 1979
Shunpei Tanaka, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A picking-up apparatus such as a color television camera for converting an image of an object to be picked-up into an electrical picture signal comprises a lens system such as an objective lens system for forming the image of the object on an image plane, a scanner comprising a swingable plane mirror for optically scanning the image of the object in a first direction, i.e. a vertical direction of a television raster scan, at least one linear image sensor array of self-scanning type arranged in said image plane in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction; i.e. a horizontal direction of the television raster scan, and a control and process circuit for driving the scanner and linear image sensor array in synchronism with each other.