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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kohichi Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Itano, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroki Hiyama, Sagamihara, JP;
Hiroaki Kameyama, Kawasaki, JP;
Kazuhiro Saito, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, a plurality of comparators, each of the comparators including a switch for controlling an operation, a signal line which is provided commonly to the switches of the plurality of comparators and through which a control signal for controlling the switches of the plurality of comparators is supplied, a control signal generation unit, and a signal line control unit configured to control an electric potential of the signal line to be set as a fixed electric potential.