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Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2016

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2014
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Hiroki Hiyama, Sagamihara, JP;

Yasuji Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01);
Abstract

A solid state imaging apparatus includes: a pixel array in which pixels having color filters are arrayed in a matrix shape in accordance with a predetermined color arrangement, with each pixel including a plurality of divided pixels having a color filter of the same color; and an adding circuit that performs addition averaging of a plurality of signals output from the divided pixels included in a plurality of pixels having color filters of the same color. Among a plurality of pixels that are an object of the addition averaging, a number of signals output from the respective divided pixels of which the adding circuit performs addition averaging is different for at least one pixel relative to the other pixels.


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