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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2000
Hiroya Kusaka, Hyogo, JP;
Shigeo Sakaue, Osaka, JP;
Tomoaki Tsutsumi, Osaka, JP;
Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Hiroya Kusaka, Hyogo, JP;
Shigeo Sakaue, Osaka, JP;
Tomoaki Tsutsumi, Osaka, JP;
Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masaaki Nakayama, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
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.