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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 06, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuji Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroki Hiyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Yu Arishima, Yokohama, JP;
Seiji Hashimoto, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/345 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01);
Abstract
The imaging apparatus has a plurality of pixels each of which has a plurality of photoelectric conversion units; generates a plurality of first combined signals obtained by combining signals based on electric charges of photoelectric conversion units in one side with each other, and a plurality of second signals obtained by combining signals based on electric charges of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units with each other; and outputs a part of the first combined signals out of the plurality of first combined signals.