Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and camera
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Application No.: US15200200Application Date: 2016-07-01
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Publication No.: US09769404B2Publication Date: 2017-09-19
- Inventor: Kazuki Ohshitanai
- 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: JP2013-091789 20130424
- Main IPC: H04N5/372
- IPC: H04N5/372 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/357

Abstract:
A solid-state image sensor has a pixel array and a processor configured to process a signal from the pixel array, the pixel array including a light-receiving pixel having first and second photoelectric converters and a light-shielded pixel having third and fourth photoelectric converters. The processor outputs (a) a pixel signal corresponding to charges of the first photoelectric converter, (b) an added pixel signal corresponding to a sum of charges of the first photoelectric converter and charges of the second photoelectric converter, and (c) an added reference signal corresponding to a sum of charges of the third photoelectric converter and charges of the fourth photoelectric converter, and does not output (d) a reference signal corresponding to charges of the third photoelectric converter and a reference signal corresponding to charges of the fourth photoelectric converter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160316156A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA Public/Granted day:2016-10-27
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