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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kohichi Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Yasuji Ikeda, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/376 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: a pixel configured to generate a signal through photoelectric conversion; a comparator configured to compare a signal generated by the pixel with a first reference signal that changes with time; and a control unit configured to change the rate of change of the first reference signal with respect to time according to a comparison result of the comparator.