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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Masahiro Hiranuma, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Hiranuma, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes a plurality of light-receiving units configured to perform photoelectric conversion for different colors, respectively, each light light-receiving unit including a plurality of pixels; a plurality of output units provided for the light-receiving units, each output unit sequentially converting charges of the respective pixels produced by the photoelectric conversion into voltages and sequentially outputting the voltages; a switching unit configured to switch between signal paths so as to alternate output of the voltage between the output units in accordance with a switching signal input from an external device; and an electric-potential applying unit configured to apply an offset potential to the voltages output by the output units until a predetermined time has elapsed since switching between the signal paths by the switching unit.