Image pickup apparatus capable of high resolution imaging
First Claim
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
- (A) image pickup means for photoelectrically converting an optical image formed on an image pickup plane via an image pickup optical system and outputting a picked-up image signal;
(B) A variable optical system, arranged in said image pickup optical system, for shifting the optical image on the image pickup plane of said image pickup means by deflecting an optical axis of said image pickup optical system;
(C) control means for controlling said variable optical system and said image pickup means to pickup a predetermined field of view larger than the image pickup plane of said image pickup means by causing said variable optical system to shift to a plurality of shifting position and to deflect the optical axis corresponding to the shifting positions and causing said image pickup means to pickup a plurality of optical images at the plurality of shifting positions, respectively;
(D) A/D converting means for converting picked-up image signals outputted from said image pickup means into digital image signals;
(E) memory means for storing the digital image signals outputted from said A/D converting means; and
(F) signal processing means for combining the digital image signals corresponding to the plurality of the optical images stored in said memory means and produced an image signal corresponding to said predetermined field of view.
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup element for photoelectrically converting an optical image formed on an image pickup plane via an image pickup optical system and outputting a picked-up image signal, a variable optical system for shifting the optical image on the image pickup plane of the image pickup element, a control part for controlling the variable optical system and the image pickup element to pickup a predetermined field of view larger than the image pickup plane of the image pickup element by causing the image pickup element to pickup a plurality of optical images at a plurality of shifting positions of the variable optical system, respectively, an A/D converter for converting picked-up image signals outputted from the image pickup element into digital image signals, a memory for storing the digital image signals outputted from the A/D converter, and a signal processor for combining the digital image signals corresponding to the plurality of the optical images stored in the memory and producing an image signal corresponding to the predetermined field of view.
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21 Claims
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1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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(A) image pickup means for photoelectrically converting an optical image formed on an image pickup plane via an image pickup optical system and outputting a picked-up image signal; (B) A variable optical system, arranged in said image pickup optical system, for shifting the optical image on the image pickup plane of said image pickup means by deflecting an optical axis of said image pickup optical system; (C) control means for controlling said variable optical system and said image pickup means to pickup a predetermined field of view larger than the image pickup plane of said image pickup means by causing said variable optical system to shift to a plurality of shifting position and to deflect the optical axis corresponding to the shifting positions and causing said image pickup means to pickup a plurality of optical images at the plurality of shifting positions, respectively; (D) A/D converting means for converting picked-up image signals outputted from said image pickup means into digital image signals; (E) memory means for storing the digital image signals outputted from said A/D converting means; and (F) signal processing means for combining the digital image signals corresponding to the plurality of the optical images stored in said memory means and produced an image signal corresponding to said predetermined field of view. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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(A) image pickup means for photoelectrically converting an optical image formed on an image pickup plane via an image pickup optical system and outputting a picked-up image signal; (B) a variable optical system, arranged in said image pickup optical system, for varying an image forming position in the image pickup plane of the optical image made incident on said image pickup means by deflecting an optical axis of said image pickup optical system; (C) A/D converting means for converting the picked-up image signal outputted from said image pickup means into a digital picked-up image signal; (D) memory means for storing the digital picked-up image signal outputted from said A/D converting means; (E) control means for causing said variable optical system to deflect the optical axis in a predetermined direction to pickup a predetermined field of view larger than the size of the image pickup plane and causing said image pickup means to pickup images corresponding to a plurality of different positions of said variable optical system, as well as causing said memory means to store the images corresponding to the plurality of different positions; and (F) signal processing means for combining picked-up image signals corresponding to a plurality of optical images stored in said memory means to produce an image signal corresponding to said predetermined field of view. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
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(A) image pickup means for photoelectrically converting an optical image formed in an image pickup plane via an image pickup optical system and outputting a picked-up image signal; (B) a shake correcting optical system for correcting a shake of an image by varying an image forming position in the image pickup plane of the optical image made incident on said image pickup means by deflecting a direction of an optical axis of said image pickup optical system; (C) A/D converting means for converting the picked-up image signal outputted from said image pickup means into a digital picked-up image signal; (D) memory means for storing the digital picked-up image signal outputted from said A/D converting means; (E) control means for causing said shake correcting optical system to deflect the optical axis in a predetermined direction to pickup a predetermined field of view larger than the size of the image pickup plane and causing said image pickup means to pickup images relative to a plurality of different positions, as well as causing said memory means to store the images relative to the plurality of different positions; and (F) signal processing means for combining picked-up image signals corresponding to a plurality of optical images stored in said memory means to produce an image signal corresponding to said predetermined field of view. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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