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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 28, 1998
Yoshitaka Ogawa, Hachioji, JP;
Takayuki Kijima, Akiruno, JP;
Junzo Sakurai, Koganei, JP;
Masaki Yokouchi, Kokubunji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image pickup apparatus comprising a CCD image pickup device made up of a plurality of photodiodes which are two-dimensionally arrayed, and vertical and horizontal shift registers, and a CPU for driving and controlling the CCD image pickup device, the CPU has a driving function in a mode for performing normal transfer of electric charges for reading in the vertical shift registers of the CCD image pickup device, and a driving function in a mode for performing high-speed sweep transfer to purge out useless electric charges, and sets the pulse width and cycle of vertical transfer pulses for driving the vertical shift register to be substantially the same in the above two modes.
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