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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Makiko Saito, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises a solid-state image sensor including a pixel area where a plurality of unit pixels are arranged, each of the unit pixels including a photoelectric conversion portion, a first charge holding portion, a first charge transfer portion, a second charge holding portion, and a second charge transfer portion, a light projection unit, and a control unit configured to control to set the second charge transfer portion in an OFF state synchronized with a light projection operation by the light projection unit while keeping the first charge transfer portion in an ON state after controlling the photoelectric conversion portion to perform photoelectric conversion, and setting the first charge transfer portion and the second charge transfer portion in the ON states.