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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Etsuro Saito, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
With one single apparatus, process of converting images recorded on a movie film into video signals in real time and process of converting images recorded on a movie film into video signals with high resolution can be implemented. A user selects a first operation mode and a second operation mode by a mode changeover switch. In the first operation mode, images of respective frames of the movie film are sequentially picked up in real time and correction of image shift is made by an optical axis correction part. In the second operation mode, to the same frame of a movie film, a plurality of optical axis positions differing by an amount corresponding to a half of the pixel pitch in the image pickup device are selected with the optical axis correction part, and, for respective optical axis positions, the image of the same frame is picked up, and for respective optical axis positions the image of the frame is picked up.