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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1999
Applicants:
Yuichiro Hattori, Yokohama, JP;
Hisataka Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Yuichiro Hattori, Yokohama, JP;
Hisataka Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N003/14 ; H04N005/335 ; H04N005/235 ; H04N005/232 ; G03B013/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to a video camera for inputting an image of an object as an electrical signal. This video camera includes a CCD, a clock selector for selecting a clock having a frequency corresponding to a read object region in which pixels are read out from the CCD, a CCD controller for driving the CCD in accordance with the clock having the selected frequency to read out pixels from the read object region, and a monitor for displaying an image on the basis of the pixels read out from the CCD.