Patent ID: 6882366
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic imaging system comprising: a solid-state image sensor having a two-dimensional array of pixels capable of converting light incident thereon to electric signal, the pixels being arranged in a plurality of horizontal lines, the lines being arranged vertically one under another; a color filter arranged on an incident plane of the solid-state image sensor having a line sequential primary color mosaic pattern; and a controller, said controller constructed to selectively control a mode for sequential scan reading out pixel signals concerning the whole pixels of the solid-state image sensor for still picture recording, a mode for reading out pixel signal sums by utilizing a plurality of vertical registers each of n (n>2, n being an integer) lines among m (m>3, m being an integer) lines of the solid-state image sensor for said still picture recording or dynamic image processing, and a mode for reading out pixel signal sums by utilizing a plurality of vertical registers of n lines among m lines in k (k>6, k being an integer) partially continuous lines of the solid-state image sensor for said still picture recording or said dynamic image processing.