Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and imaging system controlling the read out of signals from a plurality of pixels
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Application No.: US16722646Application Date: 2019-12-20
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Publication No.: US11381788B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Tomoya Onishi
- 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: JPJP2018-246927 20181228
- Main IPC: H04N9/04
- IPC: H04N9/04 ; H04N5/345 ; H04N5/347

Abstract:
An imaging device includes pixels each including a holding portion, and an output unit, and a control unit that controls readout of pixel signals. The pixels include first to fourth pixels that output signals based on light of first to fourth wavelength ranges. A first unit pixel includes the first and second pixels but no third pixel, which share the holding portion. A second unit pixel includes the first and third pixels but no second pixel, which share the holding portion. A third unit pixel includes the first and fourth pixels but neither second nor third pixel, which share the holding portion. The control unit reads, from the first unit pixel, a signal in which signals of the first and second pixels are added in the holding portion, and reads, from the third unit pixel, a signal in which signals of the first pixels are added in the holding portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200213564A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2020-07-02
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