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Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019

Filed:

May. 18, 2017
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Norio Negishi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/35581 (2013.01); H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23267 (2013.01); H04N 5/35554 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging element for acquiring signals from a plurality of pixel units to perform a plurality of types of signal processing on the signals is provided that includes a setting unit configured to set signal output conditions for first and second photoelectric conversion units provided in each of first and second pixel units; and a signal processing unit configured to perform first signal processing using signals of the first and second photoelectric conversion units set with first to third output conditions by the setting unit and second signal processing for processing the signals of the first and second photoelectric conversion units set with any one of the first to third output conditions by the setting unit.


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