发明名称 Control of flashlight in a digital camera
摘要 <p>The invention is based on a method for controlling a flashlight in connection with a digital image sensor without a mechanical shutter, wherein the exposure (RI) of the image sensor is performed in sub-areas, such as pixel rows or columns, or in another order, by using a rolling electronic shutter (10) or the like. Thus, the exposure (RI) of said sub-areas of the image sensor takes place at least partly at different times. According to the invention, during the time of exposure of one image, i.e. substantially all the sub-areas of the image sensor, several discrete, successive flashes of the flashlight are used to achieve even exposure of the image area, which the flashes are timed in such a way that each single flash is triggered at a point of time which is common to the integration or exposure time (RI) of as many successive sub-areas of the image sensor as possible. According to the invention, the successive light flashes are also timed in such a way that one and only one flash of the flashlight occurs during the integration or exposure time (RI) of each single sub-area. By the present invention, the significant advantage is attained that the invention minimizes the number of light flashes required for one image while it also secures that each sub-area of the sensor to be exposed at a different time is illuminated as evenly as possible.</p>
申请公布号 EP1263215(B1) 申请公布日期 2015.03.04
申请号 EP20020396077 申请日期 2002.05.28
申请人 NOKIA CORPORATION 发明人 RANTANEN, HENRY;YRJÄNÄINEN, JUKKA
分类号 H04N5/235;H04N5/353 主分类号 H04N5/235
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