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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Kimihiko Fukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Kimihiko Fukawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H01L 27/148 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus capable of acquiring a high resolution image without a reduction in sensitivity includes a plurality of sensor chips connected to one another, each sensor chip including a first pixel row and a second pixel row, which are formed on the same semiconductor chip. The first pixel row has a plurality of pixels arranged in the main scanning direction, and the second pixel row has a plurality of pixels shifted along the main scanning direction with respect to the first pixel row.