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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiki Tsuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Takado, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeshi Ichikawa, Hachioji, JP;
Kazuyuki Shigeta, Yokohama, JP;
Fumihiro Inui, Yokohama, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Onuki, Fujisawa, JP;
Kazunari Kawabata, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3742 (2013.01); H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H04N 5/35572 (2013.01); H04N 5/35581 (2013.01); H04N 5/376 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract
In a state where an electric charge is held in a first charge holding unit, starting accumulation of an electric charge in a photoelectric conversion unit simultaneously in a plurality of pixel rows, and performing a first transfer operation for transferring an electric charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the first charge holding unit simultaneously in the plurality of pixel rows.