Abstract: There is provided an image pickup device having a high resolution used for a movie camera, a still camera (shutter) camera) and the like.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus comprising: a charge storage member being movable; a photo-charge conversion unit comprising a photoconductive layer member having a transparent electrode, an electrode, and means for applying an electric field between said transparent electrode and said electrode, said photo-charge conversion unit opposing said charge storage member; and means for focussing an optical image of an object through said transparent electrode onto an image focussing surface of said photo-charge conversion unit via a taking lens, and for forming an electric charge image corresponding to said optical image of the object on said charge storage member. The image pickup apparatus may further comprises reading means for reading said electric charge image corresponding to said optical image and generating an electrical signal according to said electric charge image by opposing said charge storage member.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus comprising a circuit for forming an electric charge image corresponding to an optical image of an object to be image-picked up in a photo-photo conversion element constructed of two transparent electrodes with at least a photoconductive layer and a photo-modulation layer being interposed therebetween, by applying a light from the object to the photoconductive layer, a circuit for reading the electric charge image corresponding to the optical image of the object as optical information, by applying a reading light to the photo-modulation layer, means for erasing the electric charge image corresponding to the optical image of the object, wherein an erase operation and read operation are intermittently repeated for the electric charge image, and the reading means operating in a limited period which is substantially short compared to a period in which the forming means operate.

Abstract: A reproducing apparatus which reproduces a charge latent image recorded in a recording medium. The apparatus has an electromagnetic radiation source, an optical system for leading an electromagnetic radiation ray emitted from the electromagnetic radiation source in a direction toward a recording medium on which an object information to be read is prerecorded as a charge latent image, and a read head arranged closely facing to the recording medium and arranged in series in a travelling path of the electromagnetic radiation ray.

Abstract: To form three different color optical images in close vicinity to each other on the same image forming plane in a tri-color separating optical system, the optical system comprising a lens for focusing a subject optical image on a green optical image forming plane (I.sub.g); dichroic mirrors or a dichroic prism for directly passing a green color image and reflecting a blue color image in the first direction and a red color image in the second direction; a first prism having therein a total reflection surface and an extended optical path length for reflecting the blue color image to a blue optical image-forming plane (I.sub.b); and a second prism having therein a total reflection surface and an extended optical path length for reflecting the red color image to a red optical image-forming plane (I.sub.r).

Abstract: A photo-to-photo conversion element is disclosed. The element has, in an arranged sequence in line; a first optical member having a wavelength selectivity permitting to pass a write light having a first wavelength range, and to block an erase light; a first transparent electrode; a photoconductive layer; a second optical member having a wavelength selectivity permitting to reflect a read light having a second wavelength range and to pass the erase light; a third optical member for electrooptically modulating a light incident thereto through the second optical member in response to the strength distribution of an electric field applied thereto; and a second transparent electrode; the erase light having a wavelength out of both the first and second wavelength ranges.

Abstract: A color separation stripe filter in a color image pickup apparatus in which a color image is focused on a photo-electric conversion target through the filter to be converted to an electrostatic image so as to generate a color multiplexed signal. The filter comprises a plurality of recurrent groups of three different color stripes successively arranged at periodic intervals. The first color stripe has a characteristic showing a peak transmission factor in a red color region, the second color stripe has a characteristic showing a peak transmission factor in a green color region which is substantially equal to the peak transmission factor of the first color stripe, and the third color stripe has a characteristic showing a negative peak transmission factor at a wavelength between 500 nm and 530 nm so as to produce first and second peak transmission factors in a blue region and said green region.

Abstract: An image pickup device comprises an image pickup tube and an index generator having a light shield box; a light emitting diode held in the light shield box; a stripe screen provided on the photosensitive layer of the image pickup tube and shading compensation filter having transmittance pattern which equalizes illuminance variation on the stripe pattern of the stripe screen caused by the light emitting diode so that illuminance at any point of the stripe pattern becomes uniform. The image pickup tube generates picture signal together with index signal which is derived from the projected stripe pattern image on peripheral portion of the photosensitive layer through the shading compensation filter which equalizes index signal output level to make timing derived from the index signal accurate. A method of providing shading compensation filter is disclosed where a sheet of negative film is placed on the opening of the light shield box, exposed to the light emitting diode.

Abstract: In a printing apparatus, there are provided a transfer drum having a charge storage layer and an electrode provided on one side thereof, a printing head having a photoconductive layer provided at the other side thereof, a transparent electrode provided on the photoconductive layer such that the photoconductive layer and the charge storage layer are interposed between the transparent electrode and the electrode, a beam applying device for applying a constant laser beam to the photoconductive layer from a side of the transparent electrode, a printing signal applying device for applying a printing signal between the transparent electrode and the electrode, developing device for developing the charge pattern, and photographic fixing device for fixing the developed charge pattern on a piece of paper. Since the charge storage layer on a transfer drum is provided apart from the photoconductive layer, the laser printer has a simple structure, and can be presented with low cost.

Abstract: A color filter has a plurality of succesively arranged recurrent groups of different color stripes. An image pickup tube has a photoelectrical conversion target exposed to light passing through the color filter and an index signal generation pattern. The image pickup tube outputs a signal containing a color signal component determined by a carrier which is modulated with the individual color stripes of each recurrent group of the color filter. The output signal from the image pickup tube also contains an index signal component which depends on the index pattern. A first memory holds at least part of the index signal component. The index signal component held by the memory is periodically updated. A second memory holds a portion of the output signal from the image pickup tube which was obtained under conditions where a predetermined color light illuminates the photoelectrical conversion target via the color filter.

Abstract: A color filter has recurrent groups of different color stripes. An image pickup tube has a photoelectrical conversion target exposed to light passing through the color filter and an index signal generation pattern. The image pickup tube outputs a signal containing a color signal component and an index signal component which depends on the index pattern. The index signal component has a phase representing a present start position of each scanning line. A memory holds a portion of the output signal from the image pickup tube corresponding to an initial frame period which occurs under conditions where a predetermined color light is applied to the photoelectrical conversion target via the color filter. A reference signal reflects a signal read out from the memory. A color component is detected from the output signal of the image pickup tube by use of the reference signal.

Abstract: An image pickup device includes an optical modulator element for storing information corresponding to an optical image formed thereon, an imaging lens for forming an optical image of an object on the optical modulator element, and a device for reading the optical image information from the optical modulator element and for generating information corresponding to the optical image of the object formed on the optical modulator element.

Abstract: A color image pickup device comprises an image pickup tube, a color stripe filter comprising a plurality of stripe groups each having a plurality of stripes, and a circuit for obtaining a color multiplexed signal by multiplexing color components obtained via the color stripe filter in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction for every one stripe group. The color stripe filter is arranged on the image pickup tube so that a longitudinal direction of the stripes of the color stripe filter is substantially parallel to a scanning direction of the image pickup tube. A filter for extracting a fundamental wave component and a second harmonic wave component from the output of the color stripe filter may be provided so that the color components are supplied to the circuit via the filter.

Abstract: A single tube color video camera apparatus having a camera tube including a color separation stripe filter and producing an output signal containing a color multiplex carrier signal, utilizes an envelope detector for directly detecting the camera tube output signal to produce an envelope detection signal which varies in accordance with an electrical charge pattern of the tube target. Phase control of the color multiplex carrier signal extracted from the camera tube output signal is executed based upon the envelope detection signal, to thereby correct for color signal phase deviations caused by variations in light intensity of scenes viewed by the camera.

Abstract: A color image pickup device comprises an image pickup tube, a color stripe filter comprising a plurality of stripes, a circuit for obtaining a color multiplexed signal by multiplexing color components obtained via the color stripe filter in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction of the image pickup tube, and a circuit for producing a color demodulated signal by subjecting the color multiplexed signal to a color demodulation. The color stripe filter is arranged on the image pickup tube so that a longitudinal direction of the stripes thereof is substantially parallel to the scanning direction.

Abstract: A color image pickup device comprises an image pickup tube, a color stripe filter comprising a plurality of stripes, a circuit for obtaining a color multiplexed signal by sampling color information from the color stripe filter and multiplexing color components obtained by the sampling in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction, and a circuit for producing a color demodulated signal by subjecting the color multiplexed signal to a color demodulation. The color stripe filter may be arranged on the image pickup tube so that a longitudinal direction of the stripes is approximately parallel to a scanning direction of the image pickup tube, and the sampling may be performed at sampling points which are deviated in the scanning direction for each scanning line.

Abstract: A color image pickup device comprises an image pickup tube, a color stripe filter comprising a plurality of stripe groups each having a plurality of stripes, and a circuit for obtaining a color multiplexed signal by multiplexing color components obtained via the color stripe filter in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction for every one stripe group. The color stripe filter is arranged on the image pickup tube so that a longitudinal direction of the stripes of the color stripe filter is substantially parallel to a scanning direction of the image pickup tube. A color demodulated signal and/or a luminance signal are/is produced from the color multiplexed signal.

Abstract: An incident optical image is split by a single semi-transparent mirror into first and second optical images and directed onto first and second intersecting planes so that the images are in mirror-image relationship to each other with respect to a line of intersection between the two planes. First and second identical solid-state area imagers are located on the two planes, respectively. A pair of identical solid-state area imagers respectively include image sensors for generating charges corresponding to the optical images incident thereon. A vertically bidirectionally transferrable charge transfer device is coupled to each image sensor and a horizontally bidirectionally transferrable charge transfer device is coupled to the vertical transfer device. The vertical and horizontal charge transfer devices of both imagers are driven so that signals derived therefrom will produce identical electronic images.

Abstract: In a color imaging apparatus, an optical image is focused on a photoelectrical conversion target of a color image pickup tube through a color stripe filter and converted to an electrostatic image, the latter being scanned line-by-line in rectangular raster form by an electron beam to generate a color multiplexed video signal. First and second index stripe electrodes are located adjacent to edges of the raster area to be scanned at the beginning of each field and at the beginning of each line. A memory is provided to store field and line index signals generated by the index electrodes as well as a reference video signal generated by the target illuminated with light of a predetermined color.

Abstract: In a color imaging apparatus, an optical image is focused on a photoelectrical conversion target of a color image pickup tube through a color stripe filter having a plurality of successively arranged recurrent groups of different color stripes and converted to an electrostatic image which is scanned in rectangular raster form by an electron beam to generate a luminance signal and a color-multiplexed video signal. The leading and trailing edges of the luminance signal are detected by an edge detector to generate a control signal having first and second polarities in response to the detection of the leading and trailing edges, respectively. The color multiplexed signal is phase-controlled with respect to the leading and trailing edges of the luminance signal in accordance with the control signal by a variable delay line or by a pair of beam deflection plates.