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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuharu Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Morimoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/741 (2023.01);
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device includes a circuit provided between an avalanche photodiode and a power source, a counter configured to count an output signal output from the avalanche photodiode, and a memory into which time information indicating that a count value of the counter has reached a threshold value within a predetermined exposure period shorter than an exposure time is written, wherein a clock signal is configured to be input to the circuit in the exposure period.