monitoring with a ccd abtastvorrichtung and digital standbildkamera after the procedure

摘要

A digital still camera of the present invention allows the user of the camera to monitor a picture being picked up by a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) imaging device (4) provided on the camera. In a monitor mode, a system controller (9) indicates to a timing generator (15) one or two or more of a plurality of electrodes forming a vertical path in the imaging device (4) and from which signals should be read out. In response, the timing generator (15) feeds stored charge transfer pulses to the designated electrodes together with vertical drive pulses via a vertical driver (16). The pixels of the imaging device (4) are reduced, or thinned, in the vertical direction. The resulting reduced picture appears on a liquid crystal monitor (8) via a signal processing section (5). The user may operate set switches (12) provided on the camera in order to select desired electrodes.