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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 14, 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 KABSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels, each of which including a first pixel element including a first photoelectric conversion unit, and a second pixel element including a second photoelectric conversion unit lower in sensitivity than the first photoelectric conversion unit, a readout circuit configured to read out a first image signal based on signal charge generated in the first pixel element during a first accumulation period, and a second image signal based on signal charge generated in the second pixel element during a second accumulation period longer than the first accumulation period, the second image signal being synchronized with the first image signal, and a control unit configured to control the readout circuit so that a first readout period for reading out the first image signal is performed during the second accumulation period.