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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2017
Applicant:
Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshitaka Kimura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3577 (2013.01); H04N 5/23248 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); H04N 5/3532 (2013.01); H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for imaging an object is equipped with an image sensor comprising a plurality of pixels; a charge-reading processor that reads out accumulated charges in a given pixel via a pixel circuit of the charge accumulated pixel; and a noise-reading processor that reads out noise signals from a pixel circuit for a given pixel. The noise-reading processor reads noise signals from a pixel circuit for a pixel that is an object of noise acquisition, in parallel with the reading of accumulated charges by the charge-reading processor.