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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shinichiro Shimizu, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/243 (2006.01); H04N 5/343 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/243 (2013.01); H04N 5/343 (2013.01); H04N 5/35572 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging apparatus of this invention includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and configured to generate signals by photoelectric conversion, a plurality of signal lines each provided on each column of the pixels, and a plurality of column circuits each provided for each of the signal lines. It is possible to select one of a first readout operation of simultaneously processing the signals of the pixels on a plurality of rows by the plurality of column circuits and a second readout operation of simultaneously processing the signal of the same pixel by different gains by the plurality of column circuits.