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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Satoshi Katoh, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Katoh, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus in which an AD converter has a quantization bit count that can be modified, thereby reducing the power consumption of a digital signal processing circuit. The processing bit count of the digital signal processing circuit is made identical to the modified AD bit count. This provides improved image quality and reduced power consumption in the entire system.