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Number: 348/229.1
Name: Television > Camera, system and detail > Combined image signal generator and general image signal processing > Combined automatic gain control and exposure control (i.e., sensitivity control)
Description: Subject matter including a control unit which controls both the exposure to the image sensor and the amplitude of the sensor output signal.


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Class Number Class Name Patents
348/230.1 Readout of solid-state image sensor considered or altered 170


Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7623179 Storage medium and method to control auto exposure by the same Nov. 24, 2009
7619651 Electronic camera having finish setting function and processing program for customizing the finish setting function Nov. 17, 2009
7612813 Auto exposure for digital imagers Nov. 3, 2009
7605852 Real-time exposure control for automatic light control Oct. 20, 2009
7598998 Method and system for increasing the effective dynamic range of a random-access pixel sensor array Oct. 6, 2009
7598987 Flicker detection gain control circuit, digital imaging system, and method Oct. 6, 2009
7598986 Image pick-up apparatus and white balance control method Oct. 6, 2009
7598478 Image pickup device having a light shield element Oct. 6, 2009
7595830 Imaging device with normal and reduced sensitivity readout Sep. 29, 2009
7589766 Selectable threshold multimode gain control apparatus and method for setting mutually continuous analog, digital, and shutter gain levels Sep. 15, 2009
7586523 Amplification-type CMOS image sensor of wide dynamic range Sep. 8, 2009
7583295 Image signal processing unit Sep. 1, 2009
7583863 Method and system for wavelength-dependent imaging and detection using a hybrid filter Sep. 1, 2009
7580067 Method for managing digital slow shutter mode in monitor camera Aug. 25, 2009
7580076 Devices and methods for calculating pixel values representative of a scene Aug. 25, 2009
7580058 Image capturing apparatus and image capturing method Aug. 25, 2009
7576797 Automatic white balancing via illuminant scoring autoexposure by neural network mapping Aug. 18, 2009
7573518 Solid-state image pickup device and control method thereof Aug. 11, 2009
7570289 Electronic camera having a clamp circuit and performing a clamping process on an image signal Aug. 4, 2009
7570883 Image pickup method and apparatus with ISO sensitivity setting variable Aug. 4, 2009
7557826 Method for device spectral sensitivity reconstruction Jul. 7, 2009
7557857 Quantity-of-light adjusting apparatus Jul. 7, 2009
7551207 Image pickup apparatus, white balance control method, and white balance control program Jun. 23, 2009
7545412 Image-sensing apparatus with a solid-state image sensor switchable between linear and logarithmic conversion Jun. 9, 2009
7545434 Video camera with variable image capture rate and related methodology Jun. 9, 2009
7538802 Method of controlling digital photographing apparatus to increase brightness detectable range and digital photographing apparatus adopting the method May. 26, 2009
7538801 Region-based auto gain control and auto exposure control method and apparatus May. 26, 2009
7532814 Electronic camera May. 12, 2009
7525472 Integration type and converter and device including same Apr. 28, 2009
7525590 Camera apparatus with exposure correction based on movement of the object Apr. 28, 2009
7525592 Image capture device with automatic adjusting function for sensitivity Apr. 28, 2009
7526194 Method and apparatus for adjusting exposure for a camera Apr. 28, 2009
7522193 Histogram-based automatic gain control method and system for video applications Apr. 21, 2009
7518638 Setting control of bracketing image sensing operation in image sensing apparatus Apr. 14, 2009
7511739 Image combining apparatus for combining multiple exposure based on luminance properties Mar. 31, 2009
7511740 Digital camera Mar. 31, 2009
7508422 Image sensing apparatus comprising a logarithmic characteristic area and a linear characteristic area Mar. 24, 2009
7508438 Digital camera having a bracketing capability Mar. 24, 2009
7508443 Image sensing apparatus with light emitting device, method of controlling light emitting device, image sensing method of image sensing apparatus, and storage medium storing image sensing appar Mar. 24, 2009
7508421 Image pickup apparatus and image processing method Mar. 24, 2009
7508423 Method of notification of inadequate picture quality Mar. 24, 2009
7499083 Image sensing apparatus with white balance control and image sensing method therefor Mar. 3, 2009
7495699 Imaging method and system Feb. 24, 2009
7492394 System and method for correcting erroneous image signals from defective photosensitive pixels during analog-to-digital conversion Feb. 17, 2009
7486316 Image pickup device Feb. 3, 2009
7471319 Lens and CCD correction using singular value decomposition Dec. 30, 2008
7468746 Digital camera Dec. 23, 2008
7466342 Method of notification of inadequate picture quality Dec. 16, 2008
7456899 Imaging apparatus and control circuit of imaging device Nov. 25, 2008
7456869 Imaging device and imaging device adjusting method Nov. 25, 2008

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