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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Ishikawa, Chiba, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprise a plurality of pixels and a correction unit. Each pixel includes: a photoelectric converter that photoelectrically converts incident light into charge; first and second charge holding sections that hold charge obtained by the photoelectric converter with first and second charge accumulation periods, respectively, and first and second floating diffusion portions that read out first and second signals corresponding to the charges held in the first and second charge holding sections. The correction unit corrects signal levels of the first signal and the second signal based on a difference in capacitance between the first and second floating diffusion portions.