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Patent No.:

US 8860860 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2010
Applicants:

Daisuke Inoue, Ebina, JP;

Tomohisa Kinugasa, Yokohama, JP;

Inventors:

Daisuke Inoue, Ebina, JP;

Tomohisa Kinugasa, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01); H04N 5/3559 (2013.01); H04N 5/2351 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01);
Abstract

A photoelectric-conversion device that allows for both of widening the dynamic range and performing an operation to monitor the amount of received light is achieved. A sensor-cell unit that can operate in low-sensitivity mode and high-sensitivity mode, a transfer unit transferring a signal outputted from a unit pixel, and a monitoring unit monitoring a signal transmitted from the sensor-cell unit, the signal being output from the transfer unit, are provided.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Inoue, Daisuke. (2014). Photoelectric-conversion device, focus detection apparatus, and image-pickup system for performing an operation to monitor an amount of light (U.S. Patent No. 8860860). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8860860

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