Patent ID: 6400402
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus comprising:a light receiving section having a plurality of groups, each group comprising a plurality of light receiving elements and a plurality of apertures which are paired with the plurality of said light receiving elements respectively, and wherein the apertures are arranged such that centers thereof do not coincide with centers of the respective paired light receiving elements, the apertures included in each said group being arranged in front of corner portions of said light receiving elements such that the apertures are separated from each other; sample position changing means for changing positions of a plurality of sample points to make one of the light receiving elements in said light receiving section sequentially detect light from the plurality of sample points, in a case where said light receiving section detects light from multiple sample points of an image to be picked up; image forming means for performing interpolation with synchronizing output signals of the plurality of said sample points sequentially detected by one of said light receiving elements in said light receiving section with position transfer given by said sample point changing means, to form an image signal; and control means for controlling the interpolation during forming of the image signal so that pixel data segments from different light receiving elements are adjacent to each other.