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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
May. 05, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takahiro Yamasaki, Inzai, JP;
Keisuke Ota, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Hiyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Yasuhiro Oguro, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuhiro Takeda, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Suzuki, Tokyo, 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 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract
There are provided a driving method for an image pickup device, a driving method for an imaging system, an image pickup device, and an imaging system, which changes an operation for mixing signals generated by a plurality of pixels in accordance with an amplification factor of a signal processing circuit in the image pickup device or an amplification unit externally provided to the image pickup device.