Claims
- 1. A still picture recording digital camera comprising:
- an image pickup unit which converts incident light to an electric signal;
- an A/D converter which converts said electric signal from said image pickup unit to a digital signal,
- a signal processor which generates a digital image signal from said digital signal;
- a recorder which records the digital image signal output from said signal processor;
- wherein said image pickup unit includes pixels arranged at a horizontal spacing Px and a vertical spacing Py, respectively, where Px is not equal to Py; and
- said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the horizontal direction to produce about N.times.Px/Py digital image signals from N (N is an integer representing the number of horizontal pixels) digital image signals in the horizontal direction.
- 2. A still picture recording digital camera comprising:
- an image pickup unit which converts incident light to an electric signal;
- an A/D converter which converts said electric signal from said image pickup unit to a digital signal;
- a signal processor which generates a digital image signal from said digital signal;
- a recorder which records the digital image signal output from said signal processor;
- wherein said image pick up unit includes pixels arranged at a horizontal spacing Px and a vertical spacing Py, respectively, where Px is not equal to Py; and
- said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the vertical direction to produce about M.times.Py/Px digital image signals from M (M is an integer representing the number of vertical pixels) digital image signals in the vertical direction.
- 3. A digital camera according to claim 1, wherein said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the vertical direction to produce about M.times.Py/Px digital image signals from M (M is an integer representing the number of vertical pixels) digital image signals in the vertical direction.
- 4. A digital camera according to claim 1, further comprising:
- an image pickup unit driver which drives said image pickup unit;
- wherein said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read respective pixel signals independently during recording of a still picture, and said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read mixed pixel signals during the recording of a moving picture.
- 5. A digital camera according to claim 4, further comprising:
- a shutter which interrupts incident light to the digital camera;
- wherein said image pickup unit outputs a still picture digital image signal after said shutter interrupts the incident light.
- 6. A digital camera according to claim 1, wherein said recorder records said digital signals into a buffer memory and records said digital image signals from said signal processor into a main memory.
- 7. A digital camera according to claim 2, further comprising:
- an image pickup unit driver which drives said image pickup unit;
- wherein said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read respective pixel signals independently during recording of a still picture, and said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read mixed pixel signals during the recording of a moving picture.
- 8. A digital camera according to claim 7, further comprising:
- a shutter which interrupts incident light to the digital camera;
- wherein said image pickup unit outputs a still picture digital image signal after said shutter interrupts the incident light.
- 9. A digital camera according to claim 2, wherein said recorder records said digital signals into a buffer memory and records said digital image signals from said signal processor into a main memory.
- 10. A digital camera comprising:
- an image pickup unit which converts incident light to an electric signal;
- an A/D converter which converts said electric signal from said image pickup unit to a digital signal;
- a signal processor which generates a digital image signal from said digital signal;
- a recorder which records the digital image signal output from said signal processor;
- wherein said image pickup unit includes pixels arranged at a horizontal pitch Px and a vertical pitch Py, respectively, where Px is not equal to Py; and
- said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the vertical direction to produce digital image signals having a vertical pitch Py', where Py' is not equal to Py.
- 11. A digital camera according to claim 10, wherein said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the horizontal direction to produce digital image signals having a horizontal pitch Px', where Px' is not equal to Px.
- 12. A digital camera according to claim 10, further comprising:
- an image pickup unit driver which drives said image pickup unit;
- wherein said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read respective pixel signals independently during recording of a still picture, and said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read mixed pixel signals during recording of a moving picture.
- 13. A digital camera according to claim 12, further comprising:
- a shutter which interrupts incident light to the camera;
- wherein said image pickup unit outputs a still picture digital image signal after said shutter interrupts the incident light.
- 14. A digital camera comprising:
- an image pickup unit which converts incident light to an electric signal;
- an A/D converter which converts said electric signal from said image pickup unit to a digital signal;
- a signal processor which generates a digital image signal from said digital signal;
- a recorder which records the digital image signal output from said signal processor;
- wherein said image pickup unit includes pixels arranged at a horizontal pitch Px and a vertical pitch Py, respectively, where Px is not equal to Py; and
- said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the horizontal direction to produce digital image signals having a horizontal pitch Px', where Px' is not equal to Px.
- 15. A digital camera according to claim 14, further comprising:
- an image pickup unit driver which drives said image pickup unit;
- wherein said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read respective pixel signals independently during recording of a still picture, and said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read mixed pixel signals during recording of a moving picture.
- 16. A digital camera according to claim 15, further comprising:
- a shutter which interrupts incident light to the camera;
- wherein said image pickup unit outputs a still picture digital image signal after said shutter interrupts the incident light.
- 17. A digital camera comprising:
- an image pickup unit which converts incident light to an electric signal;
- an A/D converter which converts said electric signal from said image pickup unit to a digital signal;
- a signal processor which generates a digital image signal from said digital signal;
- wherein said digital signal includes data having horizontal pitch Px and a vertical pitch Py, respectively; and
- said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the vertical direction to produce digital image signals having a vertical pitch Py', where Py' is not equal to Py.
- 18. A digital camera according to claim 17, wherein said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the horizontal direction to produce digital image signals having a horizontal pitch Px', where Px' is not equal to Px.
- 19. A digital camera according to claim 18, further comprising:
- an image pickup unit driver which drives said image pickup unit;
- wherein said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read respective pixel signals independently during recording of a still picture, and said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read mixed pixel signals during recording of a moving picture.
- 20. A digital camera according to claim 19, further comprising:
- a shutter which interrupts incident light to the camera;
- wherein said image pickup unit outputs a still picture digital image signal after said shutter interrupts the incident light.
- 21. A digital camera comprising:
- an image pickup unit which converts incident light to an electric signal;
- an A/D converter which converts said electric signal from said image pickup unit to a digital signal;
- a signal processor which generates a digital image signal from said digital signal;
- wherein said digital signal includes data having a horizontal pitch Px and a vertical pitch Py, respectively; and
- said signal processor interpolates the digital image signal in the horizontal direction to produce digital image signals having a horizontal pitch Px', where Px' is not equal to Px.
- 22. A digital camera according to claim 21, further comprising:
- an image pickup unit driver which drives said image pickup unit;
- wherein said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read respective pixel signals independently during recording of a still picture, and said image pickup unit driver drives said image pickup unit to read mixed pixel signals during recording of a moving picture.
- 23. A digital camera according to claim 22, further comprising:
- a shutter which interrupts incident light to the camera;
- wherein said image pickup unit outputs a still picture digital image signal after said shutter interrupts the incident light.
Priority Claims (2)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a Divisional application of application Ser. No. 08/461,519, filed Jun. 5, 1995, U.S. Pat. No. 5,726,707, which is a divisional application of application Ser. No. 08/164,798, filed Dec. 10, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,512,945.
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