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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1991
Keiichi Nitta, Kawasaki, JP;
Hirofumi Hidari, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoshige Shibazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasunobu Nakagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Junya Yamashita, Tokyo, JP;
Takaaki Hashimoto, Noda, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera of the type in which a rotary filter having color filter sections formed for three different colors is rotated between an image pickup and an object and the image pickup repeatedly stores one frame of a video signal therein. The camera comprising a rotation controller, a memory and an output controller. The rotation controller controls the rotation of the rotary filter in such manner that the image pickup scans by at least two frames of the video signal for a certain residence time during which each of the color filter sections is disposed between the image pickup and the object. The output controller controls the outputting of the video signal from the image pickup into the memory. The output controller inhibits the image pickup from outputting into the memory the first frame of the video signal during residence time.