Patent ID: 6907536
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit, which is connected to an image pickup device and operates in synchronization with at least one of either a horizontal scan or a vertical scan for the image pickup device, the integrated circuit comprising: a circuit block for at least one of either supplying a driving signal to said image pickup device or processing an output signal from said image pickup device; a switch for selectively interrupting an output of said circuit block; and a controller for placing operation of said circuit block into a halt state and turning off said switch in at least one of either a horizontal scan blanking period or a vertical scan blanking period of said image pickup device; the state of an output of said circuit block that was extracted immediately prior to turning off said switch is maintained by a predetermined capacitance during at least one of either the horizontal scan blanking period or the vertical scan blanking period of said image pickup device.