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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2007
Sung-jin Kim, Suwon, KR;
Sung-jin Kim, Suwon, KR;
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A photographing apparatus and a still image photographing method thereof are provided where the photographing apparatus includes a lens for forming an optical image of a subject in an image pickup unit; an image pickup unit for photoelectrically converting the optical image formed through the lens to an electrical image signal, a signal processing unit for processing the photo-electrically converted image signal to a luminance signal and a color signal, a compression unit for compressing the processed image signal, and a storage unit for storing the compressed image signal, the image pickup unit comprising two vertical transmission registers for accumulating an image of an even filed and an image of an odd field in a memo. Accordingly, a clear still image can be obtained without an iris diaphragm.