Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor and image capturing apparatus
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Application No.: US16437535Application Date: 2019-06-11
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Publication No.: US10924693B2Publication Date: 2021-02-16
- Inventor: Takashi Gyotoku
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2018-116380 20180619,JPJP2019-079569 20190418
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/369

Abstract:
An image sensor, comprises: a pixel area that includes first and second pixel groups each constituted by a plurality of pixels; first and second output channels that output image signals obtained from the first and second pixel groups, respectively; and a driver that performs drive according to a first drive method in which the first pixel group is alternately exposed in a medium exposure period and a short exposure period in a first cycle so that a first and second image signals are read out, and in which the second pixel group is exposed in a long exposure period in a second cycle longer than the first cycle so that a third image signal is read out. The reading out of the third image signal and reading out of the first or the second image signal are performed in parallel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190387187A1 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-12-19
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