Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus, driving method thereof, and imaging system
- Patent Title (中): 成像装置及其驱动方法和成像系统
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Application No.: US12032217Application Date: 2008-02-15
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Publication No.: US07978243B2Publication Date: 2011-07-12
- Inventor: Toshiaki Ono , Tomoyuki Noda , Hidekazu Takahashi
- Applicant: Toshiaki Ono , Tomoyuki Noda , Hidekazu Takahashi
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2007-050223 20070228; JP2007-325213 20071217
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14

Abstract:
In an imaging apparatus according to the present invention, the driving unit drives each of the pixels in the non-readout region in the first mode such that the setting unit sets the input unit to a third electric potential with the transfer unit being ready to transfer the electric charge to reset the photoelectric conversion unit in a first period and that the setting unit sets the input unit to a fourth electric potential for the pixel to be deselected in a second period later than the first period.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080204584A1 IMAGING APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2008-08-28
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