Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus and method for controlling the image capturing apparatus
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Application No.: US14561793Application Date: 2014-12-05
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Publication No.: US09615045B2Publication Date: 2017-04-04
- Inventor: Hideta Nishizawa
- 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: JP2013-254492 20131209
- Main IPC: H04N5/378
- IPC: H04N5/378 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/374 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image sensor and a generation unit configured to generate a signal of each of the pixels from the signals respectively read out from the plurality of charge accumulation units. The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including: a photoelectric conversion unit; a plurality of charge accumulation units for accumulating a charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit; a control unit configured to control accumulation of charge in each of the plurality of charge accumulation units; and a readout unit configured to read out a signal corresponding to the charge from each of the plurality of charge accumulation units. The photoelectric conversion unit is formed in a first chip, and the plurality of charge accumulation units, the control unit, and the readout unit are formed in a second chip.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150163437A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-06-11
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