Abstract: An electronic still video camera wherein a pre-exposure period is utilized to generate control signals to control both exposure and color balance includes a photoelectric converter for producing an electrical signal corresponding to a received image. Exposure structure is provided for exposing the converter to the image, the amount of radiation admitted by the exposure structure being controllable. Color adjusting circuitry is provided for electrically altering the balance of different colors in the picture to be taken. Control circuitry is provided for controlling the exposure structure to provide a first exposure, and for deriving, from the output of the photoelectric converter corresponding to the first exposure, integrated values which are used to correct both an exposure period and the color balance in a subsequent picture-taking second exposure.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus includes an image sensing circuit, an inverting circuit for inverting a polarity of an output of the image sensing circuit, and a correcting circuit for correcting a black reference level of the output of the image sensing circuit in accordance with an operation of the inversion circuit.

Abstract: An A-D converter of an image signal comprises a weighing circuit for performing a different weighing for each quantization step of A/D conversion. The different weighing is performed in accordance with gamma or white compression characteristics of the image signal.

Abstract: In an image sensing apparatus having a solid-state image sensor provided with an antiblooming gate and an electronic flash device, a clock signal generating circuit is arranged to apply to the gate a clock signal at a given frequency during the flashing period of the flash device and at a lower frequency than the given frequency during a period immediately before the flashing period and a period after completion of flashing by the flash device. The device includes a rotary encloder with light transmitting, blocking and semi-transmitting sections. The position of the encoder is used in an exposure means for controlling an exposure condition of a photoconverting member.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image pick-up device which uses a charge transfer type solid state image pick-up device, and further is provided with a shutter so as to form a high quality picture signal in such a manner that the smear is prevented by prohibiting the incidence of the light on the device while the charge is transferred in the device. Further, the device is driven by a clock signal for still photographing in order to obtain a high quality picture information for one frame surely. Further, the photographing parameter is automatically changed over or the monitor is changed over between the motion picture photographing mode and the still photographing mode.

Abstract: In a method for correcting a luminance signal of a single-plate type color camera which is arranged to read out signals for three primary colors, red (R), green (G) and blue (B), by using a solid-state image sensor and to separate and take out the luminance signal and color difference signals, a correction circuit is used for correcting the luminance signal with a correction signal which is formed from the color difference signals, and the correction signal is formed by selecting one of the color difference signals which has the largest value among the color difference signals.

Abstract: A still image sensing apparatus comprising an image sensor, a memory circuit for writing therein the video signal for one field or one frame from the image sensor, a detecting circuit for detecting the color temperature information of a light source related to an object being photographed on the basis of the aforesaid video signal, and a control circuit receptive of an output of the detecting circuit for controlling the white balance of a video signal read from the memory circuit.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for effecting white balance control in which an image pickup apparatus converts image light into an electrical signal using an image pickup element, and outputs a plurality of color signals corresponding to received light. A still image recorder records the color signals as a still image, and a controller effects a first exposure with the image pickup element before still image recording. Then, the controller forms a white balance control signal by using the first image pickup signals output from the image pickup element in the first exposure. Thereafter, the controller conducts a second exposure to obtained second image pickup signals, and effects white balance control of the second image pickup signals based on the white balance control signals.

Abstract: A device performs color balance adjustment on the basis of color temperature information obtained by adding up measured color information outputs sampled from color sensors which obtain measured color information from an object to be photographed.

Abstract: A sample-and-hold circuit for sampling and holding a given input signal and for outputting a sampled and held signal includes a sample-and-hold processing circuit arranged to sample and hold the input signal according to a sample-and-hold clock signal, a detection circuit arranged to detect any pulse leak component included in the output of the processing circuit, and a control circuit arranged to control the phase of the sample-and-hold clock signal according to the amount of the pulse leak component detected by the detection circuit.

Abstract: An image sensing apparatus for picking up images having a solid-state image sensor provided with an antiblooming gate. The antiblooming gate removes unnecessary electric charge at a given frequency rate during a period of time at which an exposure shutter reaches a desired aperture diameter. The antiblooming gate removes unnecessary charge at a lower frequency rate before and/or after the exposure shutter reaches the desired aperture diameter. Thus it is possible to provide a highly efficient antiblooming system that minimizes the duration in which the antiblooming gate operates at the higher frequency rate, thereby minimizing undesirable conditions associated with operating the gate at the higher frequency rate.

Abstract: A gamma correction device comprises a classifying circuit which divides an input video signal into a plurality of level ranges according to a plurality of signal levels; a computing circuit which computes the region of the video signal within each of the level ranges obtained by the classifying circuit; and a gamma correction control circuit which is arranged to have the gamma correction characteristic thereof controlled according to each region computed by the computing circuit, to gamma-correct the input video signal and to output the gamma-corrected video signal.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image pick-up device which uses a charge transfer type solid state image pick-up device, and further is provided with a shutter so as to form a high quality picture signal in such a manner that the smear is prevented by prohibiting the incidence of the light on the device while the charge is transferred in the device. Further, the device is driven by a clock signal for still photographing in order to obtain a high quality picture information for one frame surely. Further, the photographing parameter is automatically changed over or the monitor is changed over between the motion picture photographing mode and the still photographing mode.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element and a photoelectric conversion time control circuit to control the photo-electric conversion time of the image pickup element. The image pickup apparatus includes a suppressing circuit for changing the signal of a predetermined band in a video signal from the image pickup element in accordance with the photoelectric conversion time, thereby suppressing the signal.

Abstract: There is provided an image pickup apparatus having an image pickup element for dividing a photoelectrically converted video signal of one frame into first and second fields and for sequentially reading the fields out, wherein the apparatus has a suppression circuit to suppress the signal of a predetermined band in the video signal from the image pickup element by different magnitudes for the first and second fields.

Abstract: A color filter arrangement having complementary color filters for mounting on an image pickup having a plurality of picture elements. The color filters are arranged to overlie respective picture elements and are further arranged to overlap each other over boundaries between respective picture elements with widths wider than the boundaries between the respective picture elements, thereby offsetting any misalignment of the filter arrangement during cementing. Also, an image pickup device including an image pickup arrangement for converting an optical image into electrical image information, the pickup arrangement having a plurality of picture elements including first and second picture elements, and the pickup device further including a color filter member at least consisting of a first part which is provided for the first picture element.

Abstract: Disclosed is an image pick-up device which uses a charge transfer type solid state image pick-up device, and further is provided with a shutter so as to form a high quality picture signal in such a manner that the smear is prevented by prohibiting the incidence of the light on the device while the charge is transferred in the device. Further, the device is driven by a clock signal for still photographing in order to obtain a high quality picture information for one frame surely. Further, the photographing parameter is automatically changed over or the monitor is changed over between the motion picture photographing mode and the still photographing mode.

Abstract: A device performs color balance adjustment on the basis of color temperature information obtained by adding up measured color information outputs sampled from color sensors which obtain measured color information from an object to be photographed.

Abstract: An image pick-up device which uses a charge transfer type solid state image pick-up device, and further is provided with a shutter so as to form a high quality picture signal in such a manner that smear is prevented by prohibiting the incidence of light on the device while the charge is being transferred in the device. Further, the device is driven by a clock signal for still photographing in order to obtain a high quality picture information for one frame. Further, the photographing parameter is automatically changed over or the monitor is changed over between the motion picture photographing mode and the still photographing mode.

Abstract: A color image pickup device suppresses false color signals in order to provide true color reproduction. That is, the device incrementally or continuously reduces false color signals. More particularly, this device includes a color separation filter through which an optical image passes to an image pickup device such as a CCD sensor or the like. A suppression circuit that includes a low pass filter and a high brightness detector detects when the brightness of the optical image exceeds a predetermined level. A color signal forming circuit forms a plurality of color signals from the output of the image pickup device and this plurality of color signals are output by a sequencing circuit in a predetermined cycle. The output level of the sequencing circuit is adjusted in response to the output of the detector by a control circuit, and this output is modulated by a modulator.