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Patent No.:

US 7466358 B1

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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2000
Applicants:

Hiroya Kusaka, Hyogo, JP;

Shigeo Sakaue, Osaka, JP;

Tomoaki Tsutsumi, Osaka, JP;

Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;

Masaaki Nakayama, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroya Kusaka, Hyogo, JP;

Shigeo Sakaue, Osaka, JP;

Tomoaki Tsutsumi, Osaka, JP;

Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;

Masaaki Nakayama, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An inter-line CCD(IT-CCD) capable of reading signals in two read modes, a field read mode and a frame read mode, is used to control, by a system control means, a CCD exposure and a signal read mode, a short-time exposure signal(Short signal) acquires an image by a field read and a long-time exposure signal(Long signal) acquires an image by a frame read, and these two images are synthesized by a signal synthesizing means to expand a dynamic range.


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Kusaka, Hiroya. (2008). Solid-state imaging device for enlargement of dynamic range (U.S. Patent No. 7466358). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7466358

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