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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takashi Muto, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuharu Ota, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/369 (2013.01); H01L 27/14609 (2013.01); H04N 5/357 (2013.01); H04N 5/35581 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); G06K 9/00791 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging sensor is configured to generate a signal that is obtained by amplifying one of a signal corresponding to a first accumulation period and a signal corresponding to a second accumulation period by using amplification factors having different values.