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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tomomichi Nakai, Ogaki, JP;
Toshio Nakakuki, Gifu-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 ; H04N 9/73 ; H04N 1/46 ; G03B 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 ; H04N 9/73 ; H04N 1/46 ; G03B 7/00 ;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus having a CCD image capturing circuit includes an exposure time control circuit which analyzes the image signal generated by the image capturing circuit and generates a control signal to adjust an image exposure time. A balance control circuit also receives the control signal and updates gain control information used by an image processing circuit that generates color difference data (U/V data) from the image signal.