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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1989
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Christopher J Morcom, Maldon, GB;
Assignee:
English Electric Valve Company Limited, Chelmsford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
35821319 ; 35821313 ; 358909 ;
Abstract
A CCD image sensor is operated in an asynchronous mode to enable it to capture short lived events, or to freeze rapid motion. The image is acquired during an integration period which is triggered by a strobe pulse, and the resulting charge is held in a storage section of the CCD sensor until a regularly occuring field read-out period, during which the charge is read-out to constitute a video signal.