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Patent No.:
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:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
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.