Patent ID: 8633988
Filing Date: 2014-01-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device control signal generating apparatus to generate a plurality of control signals for controlling an image pickup device, the control signal generating apparatus comprising: a control data generator which generates a plurality of control data, at respective predetermined timings, corresponding to the plurality of control signals; a first storage unit which sequentially receives the plurality of generated control data at the respective predetermined timings and outputs one or more pieces of the received plurality of generated control data simultaneously at a predetermined timing corresponding to the respective predetermined timings for the one or more pieces of the received plurality of generated control data; and a control signal generator which generates, at one time, a plurality of control signal values corresponding to the one or more pieces of the received plurality of generated control data at the predetermined timing corresponding to the respective predetermined timings for the one or more pieces of the received plurality of generated control data, wherein the first storage unit includes a plurality of memory units arranged as a plurality of shift registers each of which has a different length, each of the memory units receiving and retaining the plurality of control data from one of the control data generator and the memory unit at a first stage according to the respective predetermined timings and outputting the retained control data to one of the plurality of memory units at a second stage and the control signal generator, wherein the plurality of control signals comprise at least one control signal having three levels.