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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masafumi Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Koichi Washisu, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Suda, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiko Nagano, Ichihara, JP;
Fumihiro Kajimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Go Naito, Kawasaki, JP;
Ryo Yamasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Oikawa, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided is an imaging device including an imaging element having a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit, in which a light-receiving efficiency of the second photoelectric conversion unit is lower than a light-receiving efficiency of the first photoelectric conversion unit; an optics that guides a light flux from an object to the imaging element; and a control unit that selects a combination of the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit used for a motion image capturing and a static image capturing in accordance with a brightness of the object.