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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
May. 31, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hiroyasu Katagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/124 (2014.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 19/503 (2014.01); H04N 19/174 (2014.01); H04N 19/146 (2014.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 19/176 (2014.01); H04N 19/136 (2014.01); H04N 19/00 (2014.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); G06T 9/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/34 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 19/124 (2014.11); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/36961 (2018.08); H04N 5/36963 (2018.08);
Abstract
An imaging element includes a pixel unit configured to receive incident light and include a photoelectric conversion unit performing photoelectric conversion. The imaging element performs a compression process on a first signal which is an imaging signal output from the pixel unit. The imaging element performs a different process from the compression process on a second signal with a different use from the first signal output from the pixel unit so that the second signal does not deteriorate.