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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Ikedo, Kawasaki, JP;
Hisataka Hirose, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus includes: a pixel region in which unit pixels corresponding to colors of color filters having a predetermined color arrangement are arranged in a matrix, each unit pixel having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; a first readout unit that performs a first readout operation of reading out a signal of at least one of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions in each unit pixel, and that includes a merging unit for merging signals of a plurality of pixels corresponding to different colors in the predetermined color arrangement in the first readout operation; and a second readout unit that performs a second readout operation of reading out signals of all of the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions in each unit pixel.