Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for driving image pickup apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 摄像装置的驱动方法
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Application No.: US14286835Application Date: 2014-05-23
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Publication No.: US08928791B2Publication Date: 2015-01-06
- Inventor: Akira Okita , Yu Arishima , Masaaki Minowa
- Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- 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: JP2011-248823 20111114
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; G03B13/00 ; H04N5/232 ; H01L27/00

Abstract:
A signal for focus detection is generated by a first operation, in which a signal of at least one photoelectric conversion element included in a photoelectric conversion unit is read to an input node of an amplification unit and the signal is supplied to a common output line by the amplification unit and signals for forming an image are generated by a second operation, in which a signal of another photoelectric conversion element included in the same photoelectric conversion unit as that including the at least one photoelectric conversion element from which the signal has been read in the first operation is read to the input node of the amplification unit while holding the signal read in the first operation using the amplification unit and the signals are supplied to the common output line by the amplification unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140253771A1 METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-09-11
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