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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taichi Kasugai, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Shimada, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H01L 27/14612 (2013.01); H01L 27/14831 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract
A driving apparatus that outputs a drive signal for driving, per row, a plurality of pixels arranged to form a plurality of rows, the driving apparatus comprising a plurality of row driving units arranged to correspond to the respective rows, wherein each of the row driving units includes: a memory unit that holds a signal for controlling the pixels in a corresponding row to be set to a charge accumulation state or a reset state; and a selection unit that selects whether to cause a state of the signal held in the memory unit to transition when a signal for readout from the pixels is input.