Imaging Apparatus with light pulses

摘要

In an imaging apparatus using a semiconductor imaging device formed of CCDs, light from an object to be imaged is fed to the imaging device selectively by the operation of a light generator. Charges produced by photoelectric conversion elements of the imaging device are read out as an image signal. A control apparatus operates on the light generator and imaging device so that at least one light pulse is fed to the imaging device within one imaging period in which charges are read out of the photoelectric conversion elements to produce an image field. The resulting image signal does not include image fields that have been produced without illumination, and image fields based on a uniform illumination can be obtained.