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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2009
Katsumi Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Katsumi Kaneko, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Tsuchiya, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image signal generation portiongenerates an image signal of a variable frame-rate picked-up image. A signal generation control portiondrives the image signal generation portionand generates image pick-up setting information IF to generate an image signal that is frame-synchronized with a generated image signal DVd. The generated image signal DVd is output in condition where the image pick-up setting information IF is inserted in it. When supplied with image pick-up setting information IFex, the signal generation control portioncontrols the driving operations of the image signal generation portionbased on the image pick-up setting information IFex, to frame-synchronize the generated image signal with an image signal of a reference variable frame-rate picked-up image of a source that has supplied the image pick-up setting information IFex. If a plurality of image pick-up devices capable of varying a frame rate is used, the image signals can be frame-synchronized with each other.