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- Patent Title: Image input apparatus for forming a composite image based on a photoelectric conversion signal and a saturation signal
- Patent Title (中): 用于基于光电转换信号和饱和信号形成合成图像的图像输入装置
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Application No.: US11477565Application Date: 2006-06-30
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Publication No.: US08169508B2Publication Date: 2012-05-01
- Inventor: Kunihiro Shirai
- Applicant: Kunihiro Shirai
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. I.P. Division
- Priority: JP2005-192584 20050630
- Main IPC: H04N5/217
- IPC: H04N5/217

Abstract:
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an image input apparatus including a plurality of pixel sections, each including a light-sensitive element configured to generate electric charge by photoelectric conversion, a semiconductor region configured to receive a signal transferred from the light-sensitive element, and a transfer switch configured to transfer the signal from the light-sensitive element to the semiconductor region. An image is formed based on a composite signal obtained by combining a saturation signal representing photoelectric charge overflowing from the light-sensitive element and flowing into the semiconductor region and a photoelectric conversion signal stored in the light-sensitive element. Formation of the image is controlled based on a corrected composite signal obtained by correcting a component corresponding to a noise component. The noise component includes a noise component generated in the semiconductor region during a charge accumulation period during which the light-sensitive element performs the photoelectric conversion.
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