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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2000
Yasuhiko Shiomi, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Shirakawa, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus comprises an image pickup area which includes first and second areas each of which converts an object image into an electric signal, a first output terminal for outputting the electric signal from the first area, and a second output terminal for outputting the electric signal from the second area. A correction circuit corrects at least one of the electric signal output from the first output terminal and the electric signal output from the second output terminal, on the basis of a correlative relationship between the electric signal output from a portion of the first area through the first output terminal and the electric signal output from a portion of the second area through the second output terminal. A timing generation circuit drives a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined direction across the boundary between the first and second areas so that a read-out order of signals from pixels included in the first area among the plurality of pixels and a read-out order of signals from pixels included in the second area among the plurality of pixels are in reverse order, wherein a side on a side opposite to the boundary side of the portion of the first area is on the boundary side with respect to the center of the first area, and a side on a side opposite to the boundary side of the portion of the second area is on the boundary side with respect to the center of the second area.