Patent ID: 7609312
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A driving controlling method for an interline transfer type solid-state image sensing device comprising: a light-receiving unit in which there is disposed, in the form of a matrix, a plurality of light-receiving elements each light-receiving element produces and stores a charge corresponding to the amount of light incident thereupon; one or more vertical transfer units to transfer a charge read from each of the light-receiving elements in the light-receiving unit; and a horizontal transfer unit to output the charges transferred via the vertical transfer units, wherein the interline transfer type solid-state image sensing device being adapted such that the charge stored in each of the plurality of light-receiving elements is read to the vertical transfer units synchronously with the timing of an external trigger signal, wherein the charges read to the vertical transfer units are vertically transferred at a first transfer rate in response to a high-rate vertical transfer signal for a high-rate transfer period, and wherein the charges in the vertical transfer units are vertically transferred at a second transfer rate slower than the first transfer rate in response to a normal-rate vertical transfer signal for a normal-rate transfer period following the high-rate transfer period, wherein the interline transfer type solid-state image sensing device is driven by: setting an arbitrary horizontal extraction period in a horizontal sync period and setting an arbitrary vertical extraction period in a vertical sync period; and making a selection between: