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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
May. 23, 1990
Yasuaki Nishida, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiyuki Matsunaga, Kamakura, JP;
Nozomu Harada, Yokohama, JP;
Sohei Manabe, Yokohama, JP;
Yukio Endo, Yokohama, JP;
Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A solid state image sensor comprises a CCD type image sensing device and a signal detector. This signal detector comprises an FDA type signal detection circuit connected to a signal pick-up terminal of the image sensing device and having a small amount of saturating signals and low noise, an FDA type signal detection circuit connected to the signal pick-up terminal and having a large amount of saturating signals and high noise, and a signal composing circuit for composing the outputs of both signal detection circuits and outputting a composed output and changing a composing ratio in accordance with the output of the FDA type signal detection circuit.