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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999

Filed:

Jan. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Zong Yan Wu, Brest, FR;

Emmanuel Daniel, Plovgonvelin, FR;

Assignee:

France Telecom, Paris, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348164 ; 348284 ;
Abstract

This camera comprises an electron tube with a photosensitive target (6) made of single-crystalline semiconducting material, lens (10) for forming the image of a scene on the target, an electron gun (14) to supply an electron beam to read the target, and scanning and focusing portion (18) designed to force the target to be scanned by this electron beam and to focus this electron beam on the target. The target then outputs a signal representative of this image. The camera also includes an electronic processing circuit (20) for controlling the electron gun and scanning and focusing of the camera and receiving and storing circuits (22) for receiving and storing the signal. Application to the analysis of very fast movements.


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