IP Library Granted Patent US 8,970,784
Granted Patent B2
US 8,970,784 · App. 13/609,691 · Granted Mar 3, 2015

Driving apparatus, driving method, and program

Inventors: Satoshi Miyashita (Kanagawa, JP); Daisuke Kuruma (Tokyo, JP); Daisuke Miyakoshi (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
H04N5/343H04N5/3532
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Patent No.
US 8,970,784
App. No.
13/609,691
Granted
Mar 3, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a driving apparatus which includes an acquisition section which acquires a parameter for driving an imaging element, which receives an optical image from a subject and outputs an imaging image as an electric signal, in an action mode which is desired by a user; a timing generation section which generates respective timings of the starting of each of a plurality of horizontal synchronization periods, where horizontal synchronization periods which are only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance are acquired in a mixed state, based on the parameter; and a driving control section which receives the optical image from the subject for each line which configures the imaging element by synchronizing the respective timings which are generated using the timing generation section.

Claims (36)

1. A driving apparatus comprising:

circuitry configured to

acquire a parameter for driving an imaging element, which receives an optical image from a subject and outputs an image as an electric signal in an action mode which is desired by a user;

generate respective timings of the starting of each of a plurality of horizontal synchronization periods, where horizontal synchronization periods which are only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance are acquired in a mixed state based on the parameter; and

receive the optical image from the subject for each line which configures the imaging element by synchronizing the respective timings, wherein

the plurality of horizontal synchronization periods are horizontal synchronization periods which are acquired in a mixed state to be only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance in a ratio so as to match a timing of completion of a vertical synchronization period which represents an interval where the image is output from the imaging element and a timing of completion of the final horizontal synchronization period in the vertical synchronization period, and

the plurality of horizontal synchronization periods are horizontal synchronization periods which are acquired in a mixed state in the ratio to be only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance for a plurality of unit periods which configure the vertical synchronization period.

2. The driving apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the number of horizontal synchronization periods in the vertical synchronization period is the number of the respective lines, which configure the image, or more.

3. The driving apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein

the horizontal synchronization period is a number of clocks, which is determined in advance based on the imaging element, or more.

4. The driving apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

generate the respective timings of the starting of each of n horizontal synchronization periods which have the same length in a case where the vertical synchronization period matches the n (n is a positive integer) periods of the horizontal synchronization periods which have the same length; and

generate the respective timings of the starting of each of the plurality of horizontal synchronization periods, which are acquired in a mixed state to be only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance in a case where the vertical synchronization period does not match the n periods of the horizontal synchronization periods which have the same length.

5. The driving apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to receive the optical image from the subject for each line which configures the imaging element in a light receiving accumulation time from the timing to the completion of the predetermined plurality of horizontal synchronization periods, and

the number of clocks represents the number of clocks which are generated with a frequency based on a difference in different light receiving accumulation time out of the light receiving accumulation time for each line which configures the imaging element.

6. The driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to acquire the parameter by calculation based on the action mode which is desired by the user.

7. The driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein

the circuitry is configured to acquire the parameter which corresponds to the action mode which is desired by the user out of a plurality of parameters which are held in a memory configured to store parameters in advance for each of a plurality of action modes.

8. The driving apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the circuitry is configured to

generate a timing of starting of the vertical synchronization period based on the parameter, and

output the image to the imaging element by synchronizing the timing of the starting of the vertical synchronization period.

9. A driving method of a driving apparatus which drives an imaging element comprising:

acquiring a parameter for driving an imaging element, which receives an optical image from a subject and outputs an image as an electric signal, in an action mode which is desired by a user;

generating respective timings of the starting of each of a plurality of horizontal synchronization periods where horizontal synchronization periods, which are only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance, are acquired in a mixed state based on the parameter; and

receiving the optical image from the subject for each line which configures the imaging element by synchronizing the respective timings which are generated in the generating of the respective timings, using the driving apparatus, wherein

the plurality of horizontal synchronization periods are horizontal synchronization periods which are acquired in a mixed state to be only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance in a ratio so as to match a timing of completion of a vertical synchronization period which represents an interval where the image is output from the imaging element and a timing of completion of the final horizontal synchronization period in the vertical synchronization period, and

the plurality of horizontal synchronization periods are horizontal synchronization periods which are acquired in a mixed state in the ratio to be only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance for a plurality of unit periods which configure the vertical synchronization period.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a program, which when executed by an information processing device, causes the information processing device to:

acquire a parameter for driving an imaging element, which receives an optical image from a subject and outputs an image as an electric signal, in an action mode which is desired by a user;

generate respective timings of the starting of each of a plurality of horizontal synchronization periods, where horizontal synchronization periods which are only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance are acquired in a mixed state, based on the parameter; and

receive the optical image from the subject for each line which configures the imaging element by synchronizing the respective timings which are generated using the timing generation section, wherein

the plurality of horizontal synchronization periods are horizontal synchronization periods which are acquired in a mixed state to be only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance in a ratio so as to match a timing of completion of a vertical synchronization period which represents an interval where the image is output from the imaging element and a timing of completion of the final horizontal synchronization period in the vertical synchronization period, and

the plurality of horizontal synchronization periods are horizontal synchronization periods which are acquired in a mixed state in the ratio to be only different in terms of the number of clocks determined in advance for a plurality of unit periods which configure the vertical synchronization period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2012
From: MIYASHITA, SATOSHI; KURUMA, DAISUKE; MIYAKOSHI, DAISUKE
To: SONY CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-225478 · Oct 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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