Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus, control method therefor, image sensor, and control method therefor
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Application No.: US15604919Application Date: 2017-05-25
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Publication No.: US10368018B2Publication Date: 2019-07-30
- Inventor: Hirokazu Kobayashi , Nobuhiro Takeda , Ken Sasaki
- 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: JP2016-110215 20160601
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/361 ; H04N5/365 ; H04N5/374

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus comprises a pixel area having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix; output circuits that apply preset processing to signals read out in parallel from divided areas obtained by dividing the pixel area in a column direction and output the processed signals in parallel; a controller that performs control to execute first driving for reading out signals for obtaining correction data from the divided areas to the output circuits, and second driving for reading out image signals from the divided areas to the output circuits; and a correction circuit that obtains the correction data from the signals read out through the first driving and corrects the image signals using the correction data. The controller executes the first driving with respect to pixels in a part of rows that includes a row at a border of the divided areas.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170353676A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, IMAGE SENSOR, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2017-12-07
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