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Title:
IMAGING APPARATUS AND SHUTTER OPERATION SELECTION METHOD
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012129589
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an imaging apparatus and a shutter operation selection method, capable of avoiding a missing blurred image.

The imaging apparatus comprises: an image sensor composed of a plurality of pixels; a first curtain to travel to block light incidence onto the image sensor; a second curtain to open light incidence prior to the traveling of the first curtain; a reset part to sequentially reset scan the pixels line by line prior to the traveling of the first curtain; and an operation selection part to select either a mechanical shutter operation by traveling of the first curtain and the second curtain or an electronic shutter operation by the first curtain and the reset part according to a slit width formed by the first curtain and the second curtain, or a slit width formed by the first curtain and a reset scan by the reset part.


Inventors:
AKAKABE SUKEKI
Application Number:
JP2010276630A
Publication Date:
July 05, 2012
Filing Date:
December 13, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SONY CORP
International Classes:
H04N5/225; G03B9/36; H04N5/232; H04N101/00
Domestic Patent References:
JP2009290732A2009-12-10
JP2007251382A2007-09-27
JP2007053742A2007-03-01
JP2005184380A2005-07-07
JP2009290732A2009-12-10
Foreign References:
WO2007094282A12007-08-23
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Miaki Kametani
Tetsuo Kanamoto
Koji Hagiwara
Kazuki Matsumoto