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Title:
IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2012023496
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an imaging device, an imaging method and a program which can prevent a display device from displaying a black screen or continuous display of a single screen, and secure good visibility and photograph a high-speed moving object even when a photographing condition has changed to a scene of an object moving at high speed.

An imaging device comprises: a reading control unit which controls reading of pixel signals from a plurality of pixels arranged on an image sensor element; a reading sequence setting unit which can at least set a first reading sequence for reading the pixel signals aiming at continuous photographing, and a second reading sequence for reading the pixel signals aiming at displaying a moving image while performing continuous photographing; and a reading sequence selection unit which selects the first reading sequence or second reading sequences based on the read pixel signals.


Inventors:
GOMI YUICHI
Application Number:
JP2010158918A
Publication Date:
February 02, 2012
Filing Date:
July 13, 2010
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP
International Classes:
H04N5/232; G03B7/00; H04N5/341; H04N5/343; H04N5/345; H04N5/374
Domestic Patent References:
JP2003244529A2003-08-29
JP2009253367A2009-10-29
JP2009302794A2009-12-24
JP2011223426A2011-11-04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sumio Tanai
Masatake Shiga
Suzuki Mitsuyoshi
Tadao Takashiba
Hiroshi Masui