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Image pickup system for preventing image darkening due to the entrance of intense light
   
Document Number
US Patent 7443436
Issued Date
October 28, 2008
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The image pickup device comprises: an image pickup unit 1 in which a plurality of unit cells for generating reset and read voltages are arranged; a noise eliminating unit 6 for generating, with respect to each unit cell, a differential voltage corresponding to a difference between the reset and read voltages; and output units 5 and 7 for outputting the read and differential voltages, respectively, to a signal processing apparatus. The signal processing apparatus comprises: a judging unit 8 for judging whether each of the read voltages is within a predetermined range; and a system output unit 9 for outputting, for unit cells whose voltages are judged as being within the predetermined range, corresponding differential voltages as luminance information of the unit cells; for unit cells whose voltages are judged as not being within the predetermined range, a predetermined voltage indicating high luminance as luminance information of the unit cells.
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Published
October 28, 2008
Application Number
11/098,618
Filed
April 5, 2005
US Classification
348/294  
Int'l Classification
H04N   5/335   (20060101)  
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Priority Data
Apr 13, 2004 [JP] 2004-118337
USPTO Field of Search
348/241   348/246   348/247   348/302   348/308  
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