Image pickup apparatus wherein plural elements simultaneously pick up the image and the state of the incident
First Claim
1. An image pickup device comprising:
- a plurality of image pickup elements for generating an object image signal on the basis of a signal output from at least one of said plurality of image pickup elements, and for generating an incident light state signal on the basis of a signal from another image pickup element; and
a readout cycle of said at least one image pickup element being different from a readout cycle of said another image pickup element while said object image is supplied to a viewfinder, wherein said device has a first mode for generating the object image signal using a part of said plurality of image pickup elements and for generating the incident light state signal on the basis of a signal from the rest of said plurality of image pickup elements, and a second mode for generating the object image signal using all of said plurality of image pickup elements.
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus wherein plural elements simultaneously pick up the image and the state of the incident light includes a plurality of image pickup elements for generating an object image signal on the basis of a signal output from at least one of the plurality of image pickup elements, and for generating an incident light state signal on the basis of a signal from another image pickup element having substantially the same photographing region as a photographing region of said at least one image pickup element which generates the object image signal. A read-out period for one frame of said at least one image pickup element which generates the object image signal being different from the read-out period for one frame of said another image pickup signal which generates the incident light state signal.
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10 Claims
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1. An image pickup device comprising:
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a plurality of image pickup elements for generating an object image signal on the basis of a signal output from at least one of said plurality of image pickup elements, and for generating an incident light state signal on the basis of a signal from another image pickup element; and
a readout cycle of said at least one image pickup element being different from a readout cycle of said another image pickup element while said object image is supplied to a viewfinder, wherein said device has a first mode for generating the object image signal using a part of said plurality of image pickup elements and for generating the incident light state signal on the basis of a signal from the rest of said plurality of image pickup elements, and a second mode for generating the object image signal using all of said plurality of image pickup elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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