Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion apparatus, focus detection apparatus, and image pickup system
- Patent Title (中): 光电转换装置，焦点检测装置和图像拾取系统
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Application No.: US13214987Application Date: 2011-08-22
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Publication No.: US08817156B2Publication Date: 2014-08-26
- Inventor: Kouji Maeda , Daisuke Inoue , Yukihiro Kuroda , Tomohisa Kinugasa , Kazuhiro Saito
- Applicant: Kouji Maeda , Daisuke Inoue , Yukihiro Kuroda , Tomohisa Kinugasa , Kazuhiro Saito
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon USA, Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2010-191316 20100827
- Main IPC: H04N3/00
- IPC: H04N3/00
Abstract:
A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a plurality of unit pixels each including a first photoelectric conversion unit, a second photoelectric conversion unit, and a pixel output unit shared by the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit. The unit pixels are arranged in a first direction, and the first and second photoelectric conversion units are arranged in a second direction different from the first direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120050597A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, FOCUS DETECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2012-03-01
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