Patent ID: 6310649
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
A storage control device associated with photoelectric conversion elements, said storage control device comprising:a plurality of line sensor groups, at least one of said line sensor groups including a plurality of line sensors in which each line sensor corresponds to a respective different image detection area, and each line sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements;storage control means associated with said photoelectric conversion elements; andbi-directional communication means for performing a bi-directional communication with said storage control means, wherein said plurality of line sensor groups and said bi-directional communication means are arranged in a same image sensor device,wherein said storage control means associated with the photoelectric conversion elements performs storage control through said bi-directional communication means in said image sensor device, said storage control being performed separately and sequentially for each line sensor group through said bi-directional communication means in said image sensor device using storage control data that is generated for each line sensor group, respectively.