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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2005
Imaging apparatus and imaging method for outputting a specified number of pixels in a specified area
Takuma Chiba, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Nagaishi, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuro Juri, Osaka, JP;
Takuma Chiba, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Yuji Nagaishi, Osaka, JP;
Tatsuro Juri, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The resolution, frame rate, or both can be improved when imaging moving subjects in an imaging apparatus using a CMOS image sensor. The imaging apparatus has an image sensor having a two-dimensional array of pixels. Each of the pixels includes an element operable to produce an electric charge by photoelectrically converting light from an imaged subject and a part operable to accumulate the produced charge and output an accumulated charge or a signal representing the accumulated charge. The imaging apparatus also has an area control unit operable to define a specified area of the image sensor containing a plurality of pixels and an area density control unit operable to specify a density of pixels read from the specified area defined by the area control unit.