Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Driving method for image pickup apparatus, and image pickup apparatus
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Application No.: US14965185Application Date: 2015-12-10
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Publication No.: US09743030B2Publication Date: 2017-08-22
- Inventor: Hiroo Akabori , Koichiro Iwata , Hiroyuki Morita , Shinichiro Shimizu , Daisuke Inoue , Kazuki Ohshitanai
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2014-254582 20141216; JP2015-229180 20151124
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/345 ; H04N5/355 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/376

Abstract:
A pixel portion includes a plurality of first pixel rows and a plurality of second pixel rows each being arranged so as to be adjacent to the first pixel row. Among the first pixel row and the second pixel row arranged so as to be adjacent to each other, during at least a part of a period from an end of the electric charge accumulation period in the second pixel row until an end of an output period in which signals from pixels in the first pixel row are output, electric charges accumulated in photoelectric conversion units of pixels in the second pixel row are reset.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160173799A1 DRIVING METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2016-06-16
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