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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Koichiro Iwata, Kawasaki, JP;
Tomoya Kumagai, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixels each including a plurality of photoelectric converters, and a signal processing unit including an analog-digital conversion unit, wherein a part of the pixels outputs a first analog signal based on electric charge generated at N photoelectric converters, and a second analog signal based on electric charge generated at M (M is an integer larger than N) photoelectric converters including the N photoelectric converters, other part of the pixels outputs the second analog signal, the number of the second analog signals output to the signal processing unit is larger than the number of the first analog signals output to the signal processing unit, and the signal processing unit receives the first and the second analog signals from each of the part of the pixels before the analog-digital conversion unit ends analog-digital conversion of the first analog signal.