Patent ID: 6259857
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus comprising:a solid-state imaging section having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that convert input light to an electrical charge;a recording section, which reads out an electrical charge from the photoelectric conversion elements n (where n is an integer 2 or greater) times within 1 field period, and which records n images as a video signal for 1 field; anda playback/display section, which reads out a video signal of 1 field, which includes n images, re-orders the n images in time sequence, and repeats m (where m is an integer 1 or greater) times the display, during a period of 1 field, of each of the n images, so as to achieve slow playback at a playback speed of 1/(n.times.m).