The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Sho Sato, Kumagaya, JP;
Tadao Endo, Honjo, JP;
Toshio Kameshima, Kumagaya, JP;
Masayoshi Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Yagi, Honjo, JP;
Katsuro Takenaka, Honjo, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Honjo, JP;
Sho Sato, Kumagaya, JP;
Tadao Endo, Honjo, JP;
Toshio Kameshima, Kumagaya, JP;
Masayoshi Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Tomoyuki Yagi, Honjo, JP;
Katsuro Takenaka, Honjo, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Honjo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging operation includes a first imaging operation for outputting image data according to irradiation to the detector with radiation or light in an irradiation field A corresponding to a part of the plurality of pixels, and a second imaging operation for outputting image data according to irradiation to the detectorwith radiation or light in an irradiation field B wider than the irradiation field A, wherein, responsive to a changing from irradiation in the irradiation field A to irradiation in the irradiation field B, an operation of the detector is controlled so that the detector performs an initializing operation for initializing conversion elements during a period between the first and second imaging operations.