Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging sensor, imaging apparatus, and imaging method
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Application No.: US18054108Application Date: 2022-11-09
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Publication No.: US12108174B2Publication Date: 2024-10-01
- Inventor: Kenzo Tojima
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP 21186602 2021.11.16
- Main IPC: H04N25/589
- IPC: H04N25/589 ; H04N25/571

Abstract:
In a case where illuminance is high, an error between the number of photons per frame calculated from time information and the number of photons and the actually expected number of photons per frame is reduced. In a time counter that counts a clock from the start of exposure in one frame, one-count time in the clock is switched depending on the illuminance. In a case where a pixel counter is saturated within a period of one frame, the illuminance is determined to be high, and a high-illuminance clock in which one-count time is set more minutely in the first half of one frame is used to count. In a case where the illuminance is not determined to be high, a normal clock is used to count.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230156358A1 IMAGING SENSOR, IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGING METHOD Public/Granted day:2023-05-18
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