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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1996
Hiroyuki Horii, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to select an image pickup area and execute an image pickup operation, or to perform an interlace operation, or to vary an image pickup frequency for one image pickup sensor, there is provided an image pickup apparatus constructed by a 2-dimensional solid state image pickup sensor in which pixel data instructed by horizontal and vertical shift registers is accessed and read out and a timing generator to drive the 2-dimensional solid state image pickup sensor. With respect to horizontal and vertical shift pulses which are supplied from the timing generator and drive horizontal and vertical shift registers of the 2-dimensional solid state image pickup sensor, periods of the horizontal shift pulses and/or the vertical shift pulses are made variable.