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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2014
Applicant:
Olympus Corporation, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshinao Shimada, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23258 (2013.01); H04N 5/23287 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image pickup device including: an image pickup pixel group including a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix; a focus detection pixel group of focus detection pixels discretely arranged in the image pickup pixel group; a first readout circuit including a first AD converter that converts only pixel signals from the image pickup pixel group to digital signals; and a second readout circuit including a second AD converter that converts only pixel signals R, L, T and B from the focus detection pixel group to digital signals.