Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus and camera
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备和相机
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Application No.: US11952315Application Date: 2007-12-07
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Publication No.: US07995126B2Publication Date: 2011-08-09
- Inventor: Hiroki Sato
- Applicant: Hiroki Sato
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: SNR Denton US LLP
- Priority: JP2006-339415 20061218
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H04N9/64 ; H03N1/00

Abstract:
An imaging apparatus includes a pixel, a current source, and a signal processing circuit. The pixel outputs signal charge, obtained by imaging, as a pixel signal. The current source is connected to a transmission path for the pixel signal and has a variable current. The signal processing circuit performs signal processing on a signal depending on an output signal to the transmission path and performs control so that a current of the current source is changed in accordance with the result of signal processing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080143860A1 IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA Public/Granted day:2008-06-19
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