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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2010
Masao Hiramoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Misaki, Osaka, JP;
Teruyuki Takizawa, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An image capture device includes: an array of pixelsincluding a plurality of pixelswhich are arranged two-dimensionally on an imaging area; a pixel signal reading sectionfor reading a pixel signal from each pixel; and an image generating sectionfor generating an image based on the pixel signals having been read by the pixel signal reading section. The array of pixels is divided into M unit pixel blocks(where M is an integer of 2 or more) each containing N pixels (where N is an integer of 2 or more). The pixel signal reading section reads the pixel signals from the N pixelscontained in each unit pixel blockat every time interval T, with respectively different timings.