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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Tsuyoshi Iwamoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Koichi Kamon, Otokuni-gun, JP;
Masayuki Kusuda, Akashi, JP;
Shigehiro Miyatake, Osaka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Iwamoto, Nishinomiya, JP;
Koichi Kamon, Otokuni-gun, JP;
Masayuki Kusuda, Akashi, JP;
Shigehiro Miyatake, Osaka, JP;
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a solid-state image sensing device, a method for driving the solid-state image sensing device, and an image sensing system incorporated with the solid-state image sensing device of the invention, pixel signals having two or more different photoelectric conversion characteristics to be outputted from a pixel section are amplified by using an analog gain with respect to each of the photoelectric conversion characteristics for outputting the amplified pixel signals. This enables to reproduce an image having a wide dynamic range while suppressing lowering of the frame rate.