摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an image pickup apparatus capable of outputting a high-quality digital video signal corresponding to an object. <P>SOLUTION: The image pickup apparatus 1 includes: an image pickup device 3 having a plurality of photodiodes 2 regularly disposed; a reference voltage signal generation section 5 for generating a reference voltage signals of a plurality of kinds of nonlinear patterns; and an AD conversion section 4 for converting an analog signal outputted from each of the photodiodes 2 into a digital signal on the basis of the reference voltage signal from the reference voltage signal generation section 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT |