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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Hamamura, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Hamamura, Yokohama, JP;
Samsung Digital Imaging Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A photographing apparatus and method employ an imaging device arranged including a matrix of pixels each which accumulates accumulation charges according to an amount of light incident thereon, an accumulation charge read device for reading the accumulation charges at a time difference based on the position of each row or column of the pixels, and a reset device resetting an entirety of the accumulation charges of the imaging device before a main exposure. The photographing apparatus and method each further employ a reset timing change device capable of changing a reset timing for resetting the accumulation charges with respect to a synchronization pulse corresponding to a time for reading the accumulation charges.