*United States Patent * * <http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=7084915.PN.&OS=PN/7084915&RS=PN/7084915#h0>7,084,915*
* Sato * * August 1, 2006 * ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apparatus for driving an image device *Abstract* An apparatus, which drives an imaging device of a full frame transfer type, comprises an accumulating period calculating processor and a voltage control processor. In the imaging device, a light receiving element and a vertical transfer passage are common. The accumulating period calculating processor obtains an accumulating period, for which a signal charge is accumulated in the light receiving element, by a calculation. The light receiving element is provided with first and second electrodes to which voltages are applied. During the accumulating period, the voltage control processor fixes a voltage level of the first electrode and changes periodically a voltage level of the second electrode in accordance with a length of the accumulating period, so that a charge pumping operation is performed. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inventors: *Sato; Koichi* (Saitama, *JP*) Assignee: *PENTAX Corporation* (Tokyo, *JP*) Appl. No.: *09/579,466* Filed: *May 26, 2000* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
