verb (used with object) 1. to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries. 2. to keep in an appropriate condition, operation, or force; keep unimpaired: to maintain order; to maintain public highways.
CMOS is a type of integrated circuit chip manufacturing process that can be used for many things, including digital camera image sensors.hey also require less power to use than do CCD sensors, which makes them popular in mobile devices. The drawback to CMOS sensors when used in cameras is that they tend to create photographs with a lot of image noise when used in lower light situations, though this is not always the case.
camera - television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam. television camera, tv camera. camcorder - a portable television camera and videocassette recorder. camera lens, optical lens - a lens that focuses the image in a camera. lens hood, hood - a tubular attachment used to keep stray light out of the lens of a camera. mosaic - transducer formed by the light-sensitive surface on a television camera tube. television pickup tube, television-camera tube - a tube that rapidly scans an optical image and converts it into electronic signals.