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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Ikedo, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01); H04N 5/2327 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup element as an embodiment includes: a plurality of pixels each including a sensor that generates pulses with a frequency based on a reception frequency of photons and a counter that counts the number of the pulses; and a setting portion that sets, in an exposure period, a state where the pulses are counted in the pixels and a state where the pulses are not counted in the pixels, with a timing based on an arbitrary pattern.