Patent ID: 7683952

Claim:
An optical image information detecting apparatus having photoelectric converter for generating electric signals according to intensities of incident light, comprising: signal fetch means for fetching the electric signals generated in said photoelectric converter; first store and forward means for forwarding the electric signals fetched and delivered by said signal fetch means; and temporary signal holding means for temporarily holding the electric signals received from said signal fetch means; wherein said signal fetch means, M in number, M being an integer at least two, are connected in parallel with one another to said photoelectric converter, one in number; each of said first store and forward means includes cells, N in number, N being an integer at least two, connected in series, and is connected to one of said signal fetch means; said signal fetch means are arranged to fetch the electric signals repeatedly in a predetermined order; and each of said first store and forward means is arranged to forward electric signals previously delivered from one of said signal fetch means, successively to downstream cells, by the time a next electric signal is delivered; and wherein said temporary signal holding means are disposed between said signal fetch means having signal fetch timing coinciding with a signal non-acceptance time of said first store and forward means that receive the electric signals first, and the cells of said first store and forward means that receive the electric signals first; and said temporary signal holding means are arranged to hold said electric signals until said first store and forward means shift to a signal acceptance state.