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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2013
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Seiji Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Furubayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takeru Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Sonoda, Yokohama, JP;
Daisuke Yoshida, Ebina, JP;
Hirofumi Totsuka, Fujisawa, JP;
Takashi Muto, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasushi Matsuno, Fujisawa, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Pixels output a first signal based on signal charge of a part of photoelectric conversion units of multiple photoelectric conversion units, and a second signal based on signal charge of multiple photoelectric conversion units. An imaging apparatus outputs signals based on the first signals and signals based on the second signals by reducing the number of signals based on the first signals as compared to the number of signals based on the second signals.