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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2025
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A photoelectric conversion device includes pixels arranged to form rows and columns, an output line group arranged for each column and including first and second output lines, a pixel control unit that controls readout of signals from the pixels in units of rows, and an amplitude limiting unit that limits ranges of signal amplitudes of the output line groups. The pixel control unit executes a first scan of reading out signals from pixels connected to the first output, and a second scan of reading out signals from pixels connected to the second output lines. When the readout period from the first pixel and the readout period from the second pixel connected to the second output line adjacent to the first output line connected to the first pixel overlap each other, the amplitude limiting unit limits maximum signal amplitudes in the first and second output lines to different ranges.