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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2006
Toshihito Kido, Matsubara, JP;
Jun Minakuti, Sakai, JP;
Haruki Nakayama, Suita, JP;
Dai Shintani, Izumi, JP;
Tsutomu Honda, Sakai, JP;
Toshihito Kido, Matsubara, JP;
Jun Minakuti, Sakai, JP;
Haruki Nakayama, Suita, JP;
Dai Shintani, Izumi, JP;
Tsutomu Honda, Sakai, JP;
Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an imaging unit: including an image sensor with a number of pixels arranged in a matrix, the pixels having color pixels where color filters are disposed, and white pixels where the color filters are not disposed; a sampling circuit section for sampling pixel signals generated in the image sensor; and a main controller for controlling the image sensor and/or the sampling circuit section to sample the pixel signals generated in the white pixels or the pixel signals generated in the color pixels sequentially in a time-series manner.