Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and imaging system
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Application No.: US17198848Application Date: 2021-03-11
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Publication No.: US11202023B2Publication Date: 2021-12-14
- Inventor: Yoshiko Shigiya , Noriyuki Shikina , Shintaro Takenaka
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Venable LLP
- Priority: JPJP2020-052797 20200324
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An imaging device includes pixels, output lines on each column, an AD conversion unit including column AD conversion circuits connected to the output lines, a first storage unit including holding units connected to the column AD conversion circuits, a transfer unit that transfers signals in the first storage unit, a second storage unit that holds signals from the transfer unit, and an output unit that outputs signals in the second storage unit. The pixels output a first analog signal based on signal from the first photoelectric converter and a second analog signal based on signal from the first and second photoelectric converter. The AD conversion unit converts the first and second analog signals into first and second digital signals. The number of signals corresponding to the first digital signals of signals output by the output unit is less than the number of signals output in parallel from the output lines.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210306577A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2021-09-30
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