Imaging apparatus including a plurality of image pickup elements

A camera device and camera element technology, applied to signal generators with multiple pick-up devices, image communications, televisions, etc., can solve the problems of battery depletion, power consumption increase, etc.

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-21
CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD
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[0003] However, for example, in any case of coherent image display, moving image shooting, or still image shooting, if the operation of synthesizing image data obtained by two imaging elements to obtain one image data is performed, the drive will be continuously driven. There are two imaging elements, and as a result, the power consumption increases, and there is a problem that the battery will be exhausted quickly

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[0025] A. Structure of digital camera

[0026] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical schematic configuration of a digital camera 1 realizing the imaging device of the present invention.

[0027] The digital camera 1 includes: a photographic lens 2, a diaphragm and shutter 3, a CCD 5, a CCD 6, a vertical driver 7, a TG (timing generator) 8, a unit circuit 9, a unit circuit 10, an image generation unit 11, a DMA controller 12, a DRAM 13, Video encoder 14 , display unit 15 , synthesis unit 16 , CPU 17 , memory 18 , key input unit 19 , flash memory 20 , and bus 21 .

[0028] The photographing lens 2 includes a focus lens and a zoom lens (not shown), and forms an image of light from a subject on the light receiving surfaces of the CCD 5 and CCD 6 . A lens drive circuit (not shown) is connected to the imaging lens, and the lens drive circuit moves the focus lens and the zoom lens in the optical axis direction according to a control signal from the CPU 17 .

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The invention provides an imaging apparatus and a program thereof capable of effectively suppressing the power consumption. A flowchart indicating operations of the imaging apparatus includes: a step S1 of starting driving a CCD 6 through pixel summation driving applied to the CCD 6 receiving a small luminous quantity of incident light; a step S2 of displaying moving picture data outputted from the CCD 6 as a through-image; a step S5 of using both CCDs 5, 6 to apply still picture photographing processing to the outputs of the CCDs when a shutter button is depressed; a step S6 of composing two obtained image data and recording the composed data; a step S7 of starting recording the moving picture data outputted from the CCD 6 when judging the start of recording during display of the through-image (Y in S4) on the other hand; a step S8 of judging whether or not the shutter button is depressed during the recording; and a step S10 of using the CCD 5 receiving much incident luminous quantity to carry out the still picture photographing recording processing when judging that the shutter button is depressed.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an imaging device and an imaging method that can be used in a digital camera and include a plurality of imaging elements. Background technique [0002] In an imaging device such as a television camera, a technique is known in which two imaging elements are used to combine image data obtained by the two imaging elements to obtain one piece of image data. [0003] However, for example, in any case of coherent image display, moving image shooting, or still image shooting, if the operation of synthesizing image data obtained by two imaging elements to obtain one image data is performed, the drive will be continuously driven. As a result, the power consumption of the two imaging elements increases, and there is a problem that the battery will be exhausted quickly. Contents of the invention [0004] The present invention has been achieved to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H04N9/09H04N9/097H04N9/79H04N5/225H04N5/232H04N5/335H04N5/347H04N5/355H04N5/357H04N5/372
CPCH04N5/772H04N5/23245H04N9/8047H04N9/7921H04N3/1593H04N9/8042H04N5/907H04N5/232H04N5/2251H04N5/335H04N23/667H04N23/63H04N25/41H04N25/00
Inventor 村木淳
Owner CASIO COMPUTER CO LTD
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