Development of card-sized digital still cameras

Author

Kuno, Tetsuya ; Sugiura, Hiroaki ; Matoba, Narihiro ; Kakuta, Yoshinori ; Oka, Shosuke ; Asakawa, Katsumi

Author_Institution

Imaging Syst. Lab., Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Japan

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

717

Lastpage

724

Abstract

Digital still cameras (DSCs) have attracted a great deal of public attention as input tools for images. However, conventional DSCs are only extensions of compact cameras using 35 mm film, and are not compact enough for easy portability to take photos, anytime, anywhere. For the purpose of offering a more portable DSCs, the authors have developed a card-sized digital still camera (CDSC). It is portable (62×107×8.5 (12.3) mm) and has a flash memory which stores 15 pictures. The authors have also developed original software for the CDSC which has a new signal processing system which can offer high quality pictures

Keywords

CCD image sensors; EPROM; cameras; image processing; image processing equipment; CCD; card sized digital still cameras; flash memory; high quality pictures; image input tool; portable cameras; signal processing system; Charge coupled devices; Charge-coupled image sensors; Digital cameras; Flash memory; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Personal communication networks; Research and development; Signal processing; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.628699

Filename

628699