The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yukio Araoka, Hiratsuka, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H03M 1/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H03M 1/34 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid state imaging device includes a pixel circuitconfigured to generate a pixel signal by photoelectric conversion, a reference signal generation circuitconfigured to generate a reference signal which changes in level with time, and a plurality of comparators configured to, based on the reference signal generated by the reference signal generation circuit, compare a plurality of reference signals being given offset voltages differing from each other, with the pixel signal, or compare a plurality of pixel signals being given offset voltages differing from each other, with the reference signal.