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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2022
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kunitoshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/77 (2023.01); G01S 17/14 (2020.01); G01S 17/894 (2020.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01); H04N 25/78 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/77 (2023.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01);
Abstract
The processing unit of the sensor includes a time counter and pixel counters. The number of lines is reduced by sharing output lines with the pixel counters and the time counter. In addition, readout time is reduced by transposing an output sequence of pixel count values and time count values across Bayer units depending on a state of saturation of a pixel.