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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H03M 1/12 (2006.01); H03M 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of comparators. At least two analog signal outputs from a pixel are input to the plurality of comparators, and the plurality of comparators perform comparison operations in an overlapped period.