Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 图像捕获装置及其控制方法
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Application No.: US14507460Application Date: 2014-10-06
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Publication No.: US09319584B2Publication Date: 2016-04-19
- Inventor: Hideaki Sambonsugi
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JP2013-211429 20131008
- Main IPC: H04N5/372
- IPC: H04N5/372 ; H04N5/232 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor including a first semiconductor substrate on which a photodiode is arranged, a second semiconductor substrate on which a storage element is arranged, and a connection unit configured to electrically connect the photodiode and the storage element, a first transfer unit configured to transfer pixel signals of a first pixel group to the storage element, a first readout unit configured to read out the pixel signals of the first pixel group, a second transfer unit configured to transfer pixel signals of a second pixel group to the storage element, and a second readout unit configured to read out some of the pixel signals of the second pixel group, wherein an image of one frame is generated by composing the pixel signals of the second pixel group and the first pixel group.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150097999A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2015-04-09
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