摘要:
When successively reading out pixel information from an image region, where image pickup devices are arranged two-dimensionally, which is divided into a plurality of sub-regions, a readout unit inserts pixel information on pixels of interest in the respective sub-regions successively at predetermined intervals and reads them out. A control unit generates a frame from the pixel information, on pixels of interest inserted at the predetermined intervals, which has been read out from the readout unit. The control unit grasps a tendency of a picked-up image from the generated frame and performs a predetermined adaptive control according to the grasped tendency.
摘要:
A solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of optical sensors having different photosensitivity, wherein signals of the optical sensors having prescribed photosensitivity are read in response to object information.
摘要:
An image capturing device having a function of clamping an image signal. When the image capturing device is activated, a synchronous signal generating section begins creation of a horizontal synchronous signal, and a counter begins counting a pulse of the horizontal synchronous signal. When the counted value reaches a predetermined value, the clamping capability control section changes the level of a clamp mode signal to an H level. During a period from the start of power supply to the image capturing device to the raising of the level of a clamp mode signal to an H level, a clamp pulse generating section sets a longer width for a clamp pulse than in a normal operation so that a switch element of a clamping circuit remains in an on state in a longer period, whereby a smaller time constant for clamping is set. After elapse of a predetermined period, the switch element is controlled so as to remain in an ON state in a normal period, which is relatively short, whereby a larger time constant for clamping is set. With this arrangement, noise which would be caused with a small clamping time constant is suppressed.
摘要:
A package for hermetically sealing a semiconductor laser which outputs light having a wavelength of 1.1 μm or more is filled with a gas containing an oxidizing gas such as oxygen or ozone. The oxidizing gas in the package oxidizes hydrogen in the package to prevent hydrogen embrittlement of electrodes that applies stress on electrodes and to suppress variation in the emission wavelength which would otherwise result from the application of stress.
摘要:
An image signal processor detects deficient pixels, such as pixels having a white deficiency or a black deficiency, and corrects the image signal so that the pixel deficiency is not reproduced. A memory circuit holds a target pixel signal and peripheral signals, which correspond to the pixels adjacent to the target pixel. A deficiency detection circuit compares the level of the target pixel signal with the levels of the peripheral pixel signals to detect whether the target pixel is deficient. A deficiency correction circuit corrects the signal of a detected deficient pixel using information from nearby pixels.
摘要:
In an output section (11d) of an image sensor (11), information charges are discharged from a capacitance at a reset clock &phgr;r1, which is twice the period of a horizontal clock &phgr;h, and the information charges for two pixels are accumulated in the capacitance. In two steps, a sample-and-hold circuit (14) inputs an image signal Y0(t) that is output from the output section (11d) and outputs an image signal Y1(t) in which a period representing the information charge for one pixel and a period representing the information charges for two pixels alternately repeat. By taking the difference between the value of the period representing the information charges of two pixels and the value of the period representing the information charge of one pixel in the image signal Y1(t), the information charge of each pixel can be individually determined.
摘要:
A mixed signal processor includes an analog processor, a digital signal processor, an A/D converter connected between the two processors, a pair of output circuits, and a complementary data generating circuit connected between the output circuits and the digital signal processor. The complementary data generating circuit receives a digital data signal output from the processor and generates a delayed data signal and a complementary signal. The complementary or sub-data signal is generated by inverting the data signal when there is no change between corresponding consecutive bits of the digital signal and maintaining or not inverting the data signal when corresponding consecutive bits of the digital signal are different. The complementary data generating circuit causes a sum of the currents flowing to the respective output circuits to remain constant even when the data bits are changing, which suppresses noise generation which could adversely effect the operation of the analog signal processor.
摘要:
A tin-silver alloy plating solution having a tin compound, a silver compound, and a complexing agent including a pyrophosphoric compound and an iodic compound. The tin-silver alloy layer composition can achieve a high electric current efficiency without using harmful compounds such as cyanides. The plating solution is very stable, possesses adhesivability, and the solder-wettability of the tin-silver alloy layer is satisfactory. Also, the alloy is an advantageous alloy for solder plating.
摘要:
An image data compressing apparatus comprises a transform unit, such as a DCT computation unit, a quantization table memory for plural types of quantization tables, a quantizer which selectively uses the quantization tables, a coder for performing coding in accordance with a pre-given predicted value for the amount of generated codes of each block, memories for storing the amounts of codes for DC components and AC components generated for the individual blocks, a computation unit for computing the sum of the amounts of generated codes for DC components and the sum of the amounts of generated codes for AC components for each properly selected quantization table, and memories for storing the computed sums of the amounts of generated codes, wherein the apparatus uses a plurality of quantization tables to predict a change in the amount of generated codes caused by the alteration of the quantization table in the first compression, and compresses image data to the target amount of generated codes in the second compression.
摘要:
An output from a solid state image sensing device spatially modulated by a color filter is A/D converted and stored in a field memory. Digital signals read from the field memory during electronic zooming are successively delayed by 1H period by means of first, second and third 1H delay elements connected in series. The output from the field memory and outputs from the first, second and third 1H delay elements are separated into luminance components and line sequential color components by first to fourth Y/C separating circuits, respectively. A first set of three primary color signals are calculated based on outputs from the first, second and third Y/C separating circuits, and a second set of three primary color signals are calculated based on outputs from the second, third and fourth Y/C separating circuits. Three primary color signals corresponding to a new display point formed along with the execution of the electronic zooming function are formed based on the calculated two sets of three primary color signals, and a luminance signal corresponding to the new display point is formed based on outputs from the second and third Y/C separating circuits.