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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 19, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Mie Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/363 (2011.01); H04N 5/359 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/363 (2013.01); H04N 5/3597 (2013.01); H04N 5/35572 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor includes a unit pixel that includes a photoelectric converter configured to accumulate electric charges generated based on incident light, and an electric charger configured to store the electric charges transferred from the photoelectric converter, and a corrector configured to correct a signal corresponding to the electric charges output from the electric charger based on a transfer condition when the electric charges are transferred from the photoelectric converter to the electric charger.