Patent ID: 7218343

Claim:
An image sensing apparatus comprising: image sensing means for generating image signals by sequentially reading all the pixels of said image sensing means in non-interlace scanning in one field period; image sensing mode selection means for selecting an image sensing mode performed by said image sensing means out of a plurality of image sensing modes; and movement determination means for performing movement determination processes in accordance with the image sensing mode selected by said image sensing mode selection means, wherein said movement determination means comprises: field separation means for separating input image data into even line field data and odd line field data; difference calculation means for calculating field difference data between the even line field data and the odd line field data outputted by said field separation means; accumulation means for calculating a sum of the absolute values of the field difference data outputted by said difference calculation means; movement detection means for detecting movement between the even line field data and the odd line field data by comparing the sum of the absolute values of the field difference data calculated by said accumulation means to a predetermined threshold; and movement information generation means for generating movement information signal on the basis of the detection result detected by said movement detection means and the image sensing mode selected by said image sensing mode selection means.