Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus that controls supply of amperage when reading out pixel signals and method for controlling the same
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Application No.: US14723859Application Date: 2015-05-28
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Publication No.: US09648222B2Publication Date: 2017-05-09
- Inventor: Sho Washizu
- 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: JP2014-117090 20140605; JP2014-248416 20141208
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; G02B13/00 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus including a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions for each of a plurality of microlenses, the image capturing apparatus comprising: a readout unit configured to be driven using a first driving method in which a signal is read out from part of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions, and a second driving method in which a signal is read out from a greater number of the photoelectric conversion portions than in the first driving method; and a supply unit configured to, in a case where a signal is read out using the first driving method, supply an amperage that is smaller than that in a case where a signal is read out using the second driving method, to the readout unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150358566A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME Public/Granted day:2015-12-10
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