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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2013
Filed:
May. 12, 2011
Applicants:
Shintaro Takenaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Hayashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Inventors:
Shintaro Takenaka, Yokohama, JP;
Hidetoshi Hayashi, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); G11C 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a conventional image pickup apparatus, a plurality of reset methods for resetting a photodiode cannot be set. A row selection unit is provided with a first storage unit for storing an address of a read row, a second storage unit for storing an address of a shutter row, and further a third storage unit for storing an address of a row in which potential of photodiode is fixed.