Patent ID: 7714922
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pick-up apparatus comprising: a solid-state image pick-up device for performing photo-electric conversion in accordance with a received image pick-up light; switching means for performing switching between first mode serving as image pick-up mode where charges stored in the solid-state image pick-up device are readout every n (n is natural number) frames to output a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) output signal and second mode serving as image pick-up mode where charges are stored in the solid-state image pick-up device are readout every m (m is natural number) fields to add odd charges and even charges which are adjacent in a vertical direction of the charges which have been readout while changing the combination thereof every m fields to output a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) output signal; storage means for storage of the output CCD output signals from the image pick-up device; control mean for controlling the switching means in such a manner to switch the image pick-up mode of the image pick-up apparatus into the first mode in accordance with image pick-up request at a low output sensitivity, and to switch the image pick-up mode of the image pick-up apparatus into the second mode in accordance with image pick-up request at a high output sensitivity; and timing generating means, directly connected to the storage means, for controlling readout of the output CCD output signals as motion video signals of a moving image from the image pick-up device and for controlling storage and output of the storage means, wherein at every frame in the first mode or at every field in the second mode, during non-readout of the image pick-up device, the storage means outputs a same CCD output signal as the motion video signals of the moving image.