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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2007
Applicants:
Norikazu Tsunekawa, Hyogo, JP;
Seiji Okada, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Maenaka, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Provided is an imaging device comprising means for binning by adding up and reading out pixel signals from a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction of a pixel arrangement of an imaging element. The imaging device is provided with first means for changing a combination pattern of added pixel signals on a per-frame basis, and second means for generating image signals for one frame based on added signals from plural frames having different combination patterns.