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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1995
Keijirou Itakura, Ibaraki, JP;
Toshihide Nobusada, Ibaraki, JP;
Yasuyuki Toyoda, Minou, JP;
Yukio Saitoh, Uji, JP;
Noboru Kokusenya, Osaka, JP;
Ryouichi Nagayoshi, Koube, JP;
Hironori Tanaka, Takatsuki, JP;
Masayoshi Ozaki, Amagasaki, JP;
Matsushita Electronics Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A solid state image sensor comprising a matrix of photosensitive elements adapted to accumulate signal charges corresponding to at least two different aspect ratios, a plurality of vertical shift registers disposed adjacent to columns of the photosensitive elements for a vertical transfer of the signal charges and a plurality of horizontal shift registers corresponding to the respective aspect ratios and disposed in parallel with each other for a horizontal transfer of the signal charges from the vertical shift registers. As a horizontal shift register exclusive to each aspect ratio is provided in the above manner, it is no longer necessary to superimpose the signal outputs of a plurality of buffer amplifiers so that a picture signal corresponding to the desired aspect ratio can be easily read out.