Patent ID: 7245318
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus for compensating for a change in the amount of imbalance in signals simultaneously read from a plurality of imaging regions of a target comprising: an image device adapted to image the target in the plurality of imaging regions and output image data from each of the plurality of imaging regions; a correction device adapted to correct, based on image data captured in a first imaging operation, an imbalance in output levels of image data respectively output from the plurality of imaging regions in a second imaging operation; and a control device adapted to compensate for a change in the imbalance in output levels of image data respectively output from the plurality of imaging regions that occurs between the first imaging operation and the second imaging operation before said correction device corrects the imbalance in output levels of image data respectively output from the plurality of imaging regions in the second imaging operation.