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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
May. 23, 2012
Yusuke Okada, Osaka, JP;
Takeo Azuma, Kyoto, JP;
Sanzo Ugawa, Osaka, JP;
Taro Imagawa, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In one embodiment, an image sensor includes, a bankof charge-coupled devices, and charge sensing amplifiers, each of which transforms electric charges extracted from an associated pixel into an electrical signal. After the electric charges accumulated in every pixel have been extracted to the charge-coupled devicesat the same time, a color component with a high resolution is output to a horizontal transfer pathvia the charge sensing amplifiersand then output to a device outside of the image sensor. Thereafter, pixel signals representing another low-resolution color component are vertically added together on the bankof charge-coupled devices. Those pixel signals are horizontally added together on the horizontal transfer pathand output. The image obtained by this image sensor is then input to an image processing section, thereby obtaining an output color image with a high resolution and a high frame rate.