Solid state television camera
CA 1107387 A · Owner: Sony Corporation · Inventors: Nagumo, Fumio
Overview
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A solid state television camera having a solid state image sensor onto which an image of an object is projected a sampling, hold circuit supplied with an output signal derived from the solid state image sensor, a level detecting circuit for the derived output signal and a control circuit supplied with an output signal from the level detecting circuit in which a detecting level is selected as a predetermined level at a reference time which differs from the arrival time of the sampling signal by a predetermined time interval. The solid state television camera can remove noise caused by defects in the solid state image sensor by a defect compensating operation. -i-
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- Granted August 18, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 18, 1998.
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