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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Ichikawa, Hachioji, JP;
Yusuke Onuki, Fujisawa, JP;
Masaaki Minowa, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazunari Kawabata, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroshi Sekine, Kawagoe, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The imaging device performs a global electronic shutter operation in which exposure periods of a plurality of pixels coincide with each other. In a first period during which a photoelectric conversion portion of at least one of the pixels accumulates an electric charge, signals based on electric charges held in holding portions of the plurality of pixels are sequentially output to an output line. During a second period after the output of the signals from the plurality of pixels is finished, the holding unit of each of the plurality of pixels holds an electric charge.