Patent ID: 7262802
Filing Date: 2007-08-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A charge-coupled device (CCD) sensing apparatus, comprising: a CCD shift register having a plurality of first CCD components and a plurality of second CCD components; a first photo sensor set having a plurality of first photo sensors for receiving a first light signal and generating a plurality of corresponding first charge signals accordingly, the first charge signals being transmitted to the first CCD components selectively; and a second photo sensor set having a plurality of second photo sensors for receiving a second light signal and generating a plurality of corresponding second charge signals accordingly, the second charge signals being transmitted to the second CCD components selectively; wherein the CCD shift register includes a number of the first CCD components and the second CCD components at least as many as the sum of the number of the first photo sensors and the number of the second photo sensors; wherein the CCD sensing apparatus further comprises another CCD shift register, the first charge signals generated by the first photo sensor set being transmitted to the another CCD shift register selectively; wherein the CCD sensing apparatus further comprises a third CCD shift register, the first charge signals generated by the first photo sensor set being transmitted to the third CCD shift register selectively via the another CCD shift register.