Patent ID: 8339493

Claim:
An electric camera comprising: an image sensing device with a light receiving sensor having an array of pixels arranged vertically and horizontally in a grid pattern, in an N number of vertically arranged pixel lines, wherein N is equal to or greater than three times a number of effective scanning lines M of a display screen; a signal processing unit, that generates image signals by using the output signals of the image sensing device; and a display unit with the display screen, to display an image corresponding to the image signals; wherein during monitoring in a static image mode, the signal processing unit generates the image signals by mixing or culling signal charges accumulated in the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines to provide pixel lines only at pixel intervals of K1 pixels; wherein during recording in a moving video mode, the signal processing unit generates image signals by mixing or culling signal charges accumulated in the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines to provide pixel lines only at pixel intervals of K2 pixels, a value of K1 being different from a value of K2; and wherein during recording in the static image mode, the signal processing unit generates the image signals by using all signal charges accumulated in the N number of vertically arranged pixel lines, to provide N pixel lines.