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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1992
Morgan William David, Farnham, GB;
John William Richards, Stockbridge, GB;
Clive Henry Gillard, Basingstoke, GB;
Sony United Kingdom Limited, Weybridge, GB;
Abstract
A charge-coupled image sensor having adjacent image acquisition and image storage areas is described. Pixel transfer can take place from the image acquisition area to the image storage area and from the image storage area to an output register simultaneously and at different respective transfer rates. This allows the image transfer into the storage area to begin during the active field period, i.e. while pixels are still being transferred from the storage area into the output register. In a preferred embodiment this is achieved by partitioning the image storage area into a first and a second storage section which can selectively operate at the same or different transfer clocking rates.