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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiro Kajimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuo Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Koichi Washisu, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiko Nagano, Ichihara, JP;
Ryo Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Makoto Oikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Go Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, an imaging device and a reproducing device that allow for high quality reproduction of images generated by using two image signals having different lengths of accumulation periods output form a single imaging element are provided. A solid state imaging device of the invention includes a pixel array including a pixel having first and second photoelectric conversion units; a scanning unit that drives the pixel such that an accumulation period of an intermediate time of the first photoelectric conversion unit matches an intermediate time of an accumulation period of the second photoelectric conversion unit; a readout unit that reads out a first image signal from the first photoelectric conversion unit and reads out a second image signal from the second photoelectric conversion unit; and a generating unit that generates images by using the first and second image signals whose accumulation periods have the matched intermediate time.