Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image sensor driving apparatus, method and radiation imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US13948699Application Date: 2013-07-23
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Publication No.: US09756267B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Kanako Dowaki , Yuichi Naito , Kazumasa Matsumoto , Takashi Yamazaki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2012-170381 20120731
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H04N5/357 ; H04N5/32 ; H04N5/365 ; H04N5/217 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
An image sensor driving apparatus extracts an image signal from an image sensor including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements two-dimensionally arrayed, and includes a conversion unit which converts the image signal into digital data by performing offset correction for the image signal. The apparatus obtains digital data corresponding to a first sampling count by causing the conversion unit to process a reference voltage signal in accordance with a synchronization signal which determines an imaging frame rate, and obtains digital data corresponding to a second sampling count by causing the conversion unit to process a reference voltage signal every time extracting an image signal from a photoelectric conversion element group obtained by dividing a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements. The apparatus generates a correction value used for offset correction based on the obtained digital data corresponding to the first and second sampling counts.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140036118A1 IMAGE SENSOR DRIVING APPARATUS, METHOD AND RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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