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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2011
Katsuro Takenaka, Honjo, JP;
Tadao Endo, Honjo, JP;
Toshio Kameshima, Kumagaya, JP;
Tomoyuki Yagi, Honjo, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Honjo, JP;
Katsuro Takenaka, Honjo, JP;
Tadao Endo, Honjo, JP;
Toshio Kameshima, Kumagaya, JP;
Tomoyuki Yagi, Honjo, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Honjo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus is provided, which improves correction accuracy at the time of pixel addition reading and scarcely deteriorates in resolution of the image data. This apparatus comprises: a conversion unit comprising a plurality of unit-pixels and converting an incident radiation or a light into pixel information; a signal processing unit capable of reading the pixel information for each unit-pixel, or capable of reading additional added pixel information for a plurality of unit-pixels, based on a control from a control unit for controlling a driving of the conversion unit according to a plurality of operation modes; a storage unit for storing a plurality of correction information according to the plurality of operating modes; and a correction unit for performing the correction of the pixel information based on the correction information extracted from the plurality of correct information according to the operation mode.