Patent ID: 7091978
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: G01B,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A picture processing apparatus including a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising: a light receiving portion for generating an electric signal corresponding to an intensity of a received light; an amplifying portion for amplifying the electric signal generated by the light receiving portion; a plurality of storing portions, wherein each of the storing portions stores, as a current signal, the electric signal amplified by the amplifying portion; a load portion for converting the current signal stored by each of the storing portions into a voltage signal; a bias portion for supplying an offset current to an input of the load portion; a calculating portion for calculating an output signal of the load portion based on the voltage signal converted by the load portion; and an outputting portion for outputting a calculated result of the calculating portion, wherein the storing portions are directly connected to the amplifying portion and the load portion.