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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kazuki Ohshitanai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroo Akabori, Fujisawa, JP;
Takeshi Akiyama, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiaki Takada, Kawasaki, JP;
Masaaki Iwane, Sagamihara, JP;
Koichiro Iwata, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Morita, Ebina, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/361 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/361 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a driving method for an image pickup apparatus that appropriately performs both readout of a signal of a reference pixel and mixing of mutual signals output by a plurality of effective pixels, and the present invention also provides an image pickup apparatus and an image pickup system.