- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion device, imaging system, and movable object
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Application No.: US16670238Application Date: 2019-10-31
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Publication No.: US11627264B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Shinya Igarashi , Noriyuki Shikina
- 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: JPJP2018-213989 20181114
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; G06T7/55 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/363 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel unit having pixels arranged to form rows and columns, each including a transfer transistor that transfers charge in a photoelectric converter to an output unit, and a pixel control unit that controls the pixels. The pixel control unit is configured to supply a control signal in accordance with an exposure period individually defined for pixel blocks of the pixel unit to pixels of each pixel block and read out, from each pixel, a first signal obtained when the photoelectric converter is in a reset state and a second signal based on charge accumulated in the photoelectric converter during the exposure period. A period excluding both the exposure period and a readout period of the second signal corresponds to a reset period of the photoelectric converter. The transfer transistor is off in a readout period of the first and second signals.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200154067A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE OBJECT Public/Granted day:2020-05-14
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