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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Isao Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaharu Hamasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 ;
Abstract
Control gate sections capable of prohibiting transfer from vertical CCDs to a horizontal CCD of signal charges generated in selected regions of an imaging area in the horizontal direction are provided between the vertical CCDs to the horizontal CCD. This configuration allows reading of signal charges only in a particular region in the horizontal direction. As a result, high-speed imaging can be realized without increasing the drive frequency.