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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2002
Toshikazu Yanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshikazu Yanai, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image pickup apparatus including a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a horizontal and a vertical direction and which generate charges corresponding to optical signals, in which a color filter arrangement of a first order are arranged in horizontal pixel rows of odd numbers and a color filter arrangement of a second order are arranged in horizontal pixel rows of even numbers; and a drive circuit having a first mode for reading out pixel data of 2k+1 fields (k is a natural number) by an interlace operation from the plurality of pixels, a second mode for reading out pixel data of one field among the 2k+1 fields from the plurality of pixels, and a third mode for reading out images of a plurality of fields, the number of which is smaller than the of the 2k+1 fields, among the 2k+1 fields from the plurality of pixels.