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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Hirokazu Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Mie Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/363 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/363 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises a unit pixel including a plurality of light receiving elements, a plurality of column output lines provided, for each column, at a number greater than or equal to at least a number of the light receiving elements of each unit pixel, and a switching unit configured to switch between a first readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via respectively different column output lines and a second readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via the same column output line for each unit pixel.