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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taro Kato, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuya Igarashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takafumi Miki, Tokyo, JP;
Akinari Takagi, Yokosuka, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); B60R 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); B60R 1/00 (2013.01); B60R 2300/8093 (2013.01);
Abstract
A first photoelectric conversion unit is arranged in one end portion of a pixel, and a second photoelectric conversion unit is arranged in the other end portion of the pixel. A third photoelectric conversion unit is arranged in a center portion of the pixel. A length of the third photoelectric conversion unit in a predetermined direction is shorter than a length of the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit.