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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Yamashita, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus in which noise caused by global shutter driving of an image pickup device can be suppressed. The image pickup apparatus comprises an image pickup device including pixels each including a photoelectric conversion part that generates a charge by photoelectric conversion and charge storage parts that are connected to the photoelectric conversion part and store a charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion part, and a controller configured to control to switch a driving mode of the image pickup device according to exposure setting, wherein the driving mode includes a first mode in which the charge is transferred from the photoelectric conversion part to the charge storage part in multiple transfers in one frame period, and a second mode in which the charge is transferred from the photoelectric conversion part to the charge storage part only once in one frame period.