Title:
撮像方法およびカメラ
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP4401082
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A method for reducing shutter latency while maintaining low dark current in the imager and minimizing energy consumption in a digital camera, the method including the steps of providing an imager operating in accumulation mode; and substantially continuous flushing of charges from the imager before capturing an exposure of an image with a time between vertical transfers greater than or equal to time between vertical transfers during normal image readout so that, if continuous flushing for a time necessary to readout substantially all rows of pixels has occurred, the exposure may be captured with substantially zero latency.
Inventors:
Gregory Oscar Moberg
John Paul Shepherd
Raymond James Booby
John P. McCurtain
John Paul Shepherd
Raymond James Booby
John P. McCurtain
Application Number:
JP2003005080A
Publication Date:
January 20, 2010
Filing Date:
January 10, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company
International Classes:
H04N3/15; H04N5/335; H04N5/361; H04N5/372; H04N5/378; H04N101/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP4356879A | ||||
| JP63177666A | ||||
| JP6098252A | ||||
| JP11150684A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Kenji Yoshida
Jun Ishida
Jun Ishida