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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Toshiharu Ueda, Machida, JP;
Teruyuki Okado, Matsudo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); G02B 7/34 (2006.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); G02B 3/0006 (2013.01); G02B 5/201 (2013.01); G02B 7/34 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an image pickup element, a plurality of unit pixels constituted by one micro lens and a photodiode arranged underneath the micro lens are arranged in rows and columns. The image pickup element includes first unit pixels in which a plurality of photodiodes are arranged underneath one micro lens, second unit pixels different from the first unit pixels, m first output lines per column from which signals of the first unit pixels are output, and n second output lines per column from which signals of the second unit pixels are output.