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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:
Feb. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoya Onishi, Ayase, JP;
Shin Kikuchi, Isehara, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/361 (2011.01); H04N 5/357 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/361 (2013.01); H04N 5/3575 (2013.01); H04N 5/3742 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an imaging device, an imaging system, and a driving method of the imaging device. A signal of difference between a photogenerated signal of a first pixel which is an effective pixel, and a reference signal of a second pixel which is an effective pixel, is obtained.