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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Takado, Kanagawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a counting unit configured to hold a count value in a predetermined number of bits, and a switching unit configured to switch information output from the counting unit to first information including information of an upper bit or second information including information of the upper bit and another bit among the predetermined number of bits held by the counting unit; a detection unit configured to extract a detection pixel that outputs the second information from among the plurality of pixels based on the first information; and a region control unit configured to control the switching unit of each pixel based on a detection result from the detection unit, wherein the region control unit causes the counting unit of the detection pixel and an adjacent pixel adjacent to the detection pixel to output the second information.
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