| US 7,532,241 B2 | ||
| Image capture device with shift adjustment | ||
| Hideyuki Rengakuji, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 03, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/49,826. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-030828 (JP), filed on Feb. 06, 2004; and application No. 2005-023510 (JP), filed on Jan. 31, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0190266 A1, Sep. 01, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04N 5/225 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 348—262 [348/205; 348/312; 348/351; 348/231.3] | 12 Claims |

| 1. An image capture device comprising:
an image capture unit that captures optical images and outputs a video signal corresponding to the optical images;
a microphone unit that outputs an audio signal;
a first clock generating unit that generates a first clock using a first crystal oscillator;
a second clock generating unit that generates a second clock using a second crystal oscillator;
a first sampling unit that samples the video signal using the first clock;
a second sampling unit that samples the audio signal using the second clock;
a calculating unit that calculates a correction value for adjusting a shift between the first crystal oscillator and the second
crystal oscillator; and
an adjusting unit that adjust a driving timing of the image capture unit using the correction value,
wherein the calculating unit calculates the correction value using a VSYNC pulse and a third clock, and
wherein the VSYNC pulse is synchronized with a vertical synchronization signal, and the third clock is used to count one period
of the vertical synchronization signal.
|