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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroo Akabori, Fujisawa, JP;
Koichiro Iwata, Kawasaki, JP;
Hiroyuki Morita, Ebina, JP;
Shinichiro Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Inoue, Ebina, JP;
Kazuki Ohshitanai, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A pixel portion includes a plurality of first pixel rows and a plurality of second pixel rows each being arranged so as to be adjacent to the first pixel row. Among the first pixel row and the second pixel row arranged so as to be adjacent to each other, during at least a part of a period from an end of the electric charge accumulation period in the second pixel row until an end of an output period in which signals from pixels in the first pixel row are output, electric charges accumulated in photoelectric conversion units of pixels in the second pixel row are reset.