Invention Application
- Patent Title: PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, MOVING BODY, AND EXPOSURE CONTROL DEVICE
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Application No.: US16944222Application Date: 2020-07-31
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Publication No.: US20210044766A1Publication Date: 2021-02-11
- Inventor: Noriyuki Shikina , Shinya Igarashi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2019-147706 20190809
- Main IPC: H04N5/353
- IPC: H04N5/353 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745 ; G06T7/55

Abstract:
Provided is a photoelectric conversion device including: a plurality of pixel circuits each including a photoelectric conversion unit configured to generate charges by photoelectric conversion and a transistor configured to transfer the charges from the photoelectric conversion unit; and a plurality of exposure control circuits each including a capacitor configured to hold a signal corresponding to an exposure period in the photoelectric conversion unit and a comparator circuit configured to compare a potential of a first terminal of two terminals of the capacitor with a threshold potential. Each of the plurality of exposure control circuits controls an exposure period of the photoelectric conversion unit by outputting a signal based on a comparison result caused by the comparator circuit to a control terminal of the transistor and driving the transistor.
Public/Granted literature
- US11758296B2 Photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, moving body, and exposure control device Public/Granted day:2023-09-12
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