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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2008
Applicants:
Kazuya Oda, Miyagi, JP;
Tetsu Wada, Miyagi, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuya Oda, Miyagi, JP;
Tetsu Wada, Miyagi, JP;
Assignee:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 9/68 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A driving method of a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements as defined herein, includes performing first driving which mixes a first electric charge generated in the first photoelectric conversion element with a second electric charge generated in the photoelectric conversion element for luminance detection, converts the electric charges obtained by the mixing into a signal, and outputs the signal.