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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2006
Applicant:
Kenji Shiraishi, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Kenji Shiraishi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A timing signals generator, a frequency divider, an oscillator, and a signals processing IC generates driving signals and transfer signals of a CCD. When the CCD is exposed through a long time exposure in which exposure is performed for not less than a predetermined time, each of a clock frequency of driving signals during an exposure period and a clock frequency of each of driving signals and transferring signals during a transferring period is adjusted to be lower than a clock frequency of thereof in an exposure state in which exposure is performed for less than the predetermined time period.