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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 05, 2010
Applicants:
Takashi Itoh, Hamura, JP;
Hiroyuki Nakata, Musashimurayama, JP;
Motoyuki Kashiwagi, Kodaira, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2006.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An amplifier control device controls an amplifier which amplifies a first signal supplied from an image-pickup element, and supplies a second signal acquired by amplification of the first signal to a signal processing unit which is a following stage. The amplifier control device comprises a control unit which changes a current supplied to the amplifier depending on whether or not the first signal supplied to the amplifier is used for image data.