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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
May. 02, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hiraku Kozuka, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/700 ;
Abstract
For implementing optional setting of resolutions in a main scanning direction and in a sub-scanning direction and attaining of higher recording speed in a low resolution mode, a photoelectric conversion apparatus is provided with a plurality of photodetectors arrayed in the main scanning direction and in the sub-scanning direction, and a resolution switching circuit for effecting switching between resolutions by selecting read signals to be read from the photodetectors arrayed in the main scanning direction and in the sub-scanning direction.