Image input apparatus, image input system, image sending/receiving system, image input method and storage medium
CA 2260621 C · Owner: Fujiwara, Hideyuki · Inventors: Fujiwara, Hideyuki
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Provided is an image input apparatus in which changeover between sensing and transfer of low-resolution images such as moving images and high-resolution images such as still images can be performed smoothly during image sensing and data transfer operations. The apparatus includes an image signal generating circuit for sensing the image of a subject and generating an image signal indicative thereof; a data transfer circuit for transferring the image signal generated by the image signal generating circuit to an external device via a prescribed communications interface the data transfer means having a first transfer mode in which there can be assured a fixed transfer rate but with no guarantee …
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- Filed February 3, 1999 and granted May 7, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 3, 2019.
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