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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 14, 1997
Eiji Yamada, Tenri, JP;
Toshiaki Harada, Tenri, JP;
Tetsuo Iwaki, Yamatokoriyama, JP;
Tohru Okuda, Nara, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus reduces the influence of the movement of hands and of the motion of an object on a high resolution picture image. Picture image light from the object passes through an optical system and light-transmitting domains of a color filter provided at the light incident side of an imaging device. The light-transmitting domains transmit only predetermined chromatic lights of the picture image light to input to corresponding photo-receiving domains of the imaging device. The imaging device is a two-picture element mixed reading type device. In a high resolution mode, an image forming point of the picture image light is moved to two places in parallel, and the picture image light is formed at each image forming point to image the picture image light. Then, the signal processing circuit combines the two original picture image signals whose image forming points during the imaging operation are different to generate a single output picture image signal. Thereby, an equivalent imaging time in imaging a single output picture image may be shortened.