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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2004
Applicant:
Makoto Hiramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Makoto Hiramatsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/238 (2006.01); G03B 7/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); G02F 1/00 (2006.01); G03B 9/08 (2006.01); G03B 9/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image input apparatus that includes a solid-state image sensing device having a plurality of pixels; a shutter having a front curtain and a rear curtain for opening and blocking an optical path to the solid-state image sensing device; a shutter-curtain sensor that senses passage of the front and rear curtains at a plurality of positions; and a reset unit that resets pixels of the solid-state image sensing device successively before the sensor senses passage of the rear curtain upon elapse of a prescribed period of time after the sensor senses passage of said front curtain.