Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Photoelectric conversion apparatus and image pickup system
- Patent Title (中): 光电转换装置和摄像系统
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Application No.: US13763991Application Date: 2013-02-11
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Publication No.: US09325922B2Publication Date: 2016-04-26
- Inventor: Takeru Ohya , Tomoya Onishi , Daisuke Kobayashi
- 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: JP2012-033359 20120217
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
Provided is a photoelectric conversion apparatus including a plurality of pixels and a control unit, wherein each of the pixels includes a photoelectric conversion unit and a digital-signal output unit configured to output a digital signal based on the output of the photoelectric conversion unit, and the number of bits of the digital signal may be switched.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130215286A1 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2013-08-22
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