Patent ID: 6587148
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image sensing apparatus comprising:image forming means for forming an image for luminance signal and an image for color signal of a subject on a sensing surface of an image sensing device; optical image rotating means for rotating an optical image of the subject during an exposure interval of said image sensing device in such a manner that the optical image makes one or a plurality of revolutions relative to the sensing surface along a plane perpendicular to the surface of said image sensing device while orientation of the optical image is substantially maintained vertically and horizontally with respect to the surface of said image sensing device, said optical image rotating means forming the optical image of the subject on the sensing surface via said image forming means; and setting means for setting a size of a rotational path of the optical image of the subject by said optical image rotating means, the size being determined according to a pitch of pixels of said image sensing device in the case of forming the image for luminance signal by the image of forming means, and the size being determined according to an arranging period of a color filter of said image sensing device in the case of forming the image for color signal by the image forming means.