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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2002
Shinji Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Yamazaki, Chiba, JP;
Shinji Kurokawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Yamazaki, Chiba, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an image sensing apparatus which has an image sensing element having a plurality of pixels which generate charges in correspondence with the amount of incoming light, and a transfer unit which transfers charge signals generated by the plurality of pixels, first reading of said transfer unit and a second reading are performed after the image sensing element is exposed for a predetermined period of time and before the charge signals accumulated on the pixels are transferred to the transfer unit, wherein a transfer speed used in the second reading is different from a transfer speed used in the first reading.
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