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Image sensing method and apparatus in which the exposure time may be varied

  • US 5,194,957 A
  • Filed: 10/28/1991
  • Issued: 03/16/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image sensing unit comprising:

  • sensing means for receiving a light signal, performing a photoelectric conversion, and storing information;

    reading means for reading the information from said sensing means once each reading period nT (wherein n is an integer equal to or greater than 2 and T is a field period of a standard television signal);

    eliminating means for eliminating information from the sensing means, the eliminated information corresponding to a partial interval T1 within the reading period nT; and

    altering means for altering the width of the partial interval T1.

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