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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyuki Shigeta, Yokohama, JP;
Noriyuki Kaifu, Atsugi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an imaging device configured to acquire an image with the restrained influence of the blinking state of a light source while ensuring synchronicity of charge accumulation. For a plurality of pixels arranged in a plurality of rows, the imaging device intermittently turns on a first transfer switch at a same timing a plurality of times to transfer electric charges from a photoelectric conversion unit to a holding unit a plurality of times. The imaging device row-sequentially turns on a second transfer switch of the plurality of pixels to transfer electric charges transferred a plurality of times to and held by the holding unit, to an amplifying unit on a row basis.