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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noriaki Yukawa, Nara-ken, JP;
Hideshi Ueda, Yao, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nomura, Kyoto, JP;
Ken Shimono, Hirakata, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 ;
Abstract
A high-resolution image pickup method includes dividing each of a plurality of light-receiving pixels of an image pickup sensor for capturing image information on an inspection subject into a plurality of regions, and capturing the image information from the inspection subject for each of the divided regions, thereby finally capturing image information on the inspection subject with all the regions of the light-receiving pixels.