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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mie Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Teruyuki Okado, Matsudo, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus including an image sensor including a pixel region in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a row direction and a column direction, and readout unit for reading out pixel signals from the plurality of pixels, setting unit for setting an imaging condition and control unit for selecting one of a readout mode between thinning readout mode in which the pixel signals are read out from the plurality of pixels while thinning out the plurality of pixels and a mixing readout mode in which the pixel signals of the plurality of pixels are mixed and readout according to the imaging condition set by the setting unit.