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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2009
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Applicants:
Osamu Yuki, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kaifu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsunobu Kochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Osamu Yuki, Tokyo, JP;
Noriyuki Kaifu, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Tashiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Tetsunobu Kochi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.