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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kei Ochiai, Inagi, JP;
Hideo Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuo Yamazaki, Yokohama, JP;
Yasuhiro Oguro, Tokyo, JP;
Masaki Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Mineo Uchida, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/376 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3765 (2013.01); H04N 5/37455 (2013.01);
Abstract
A photoelectric convertor of a pixel is reset in a second row, which is different from a first row, among plural rows during a period in which the pixel in the first row among the plural rows is being selected as a pixel to output an optical signal. The reset of the photoelectric convertor of the pixel in the second row is canceled in a period other than a period in which an A/D converting unit converts the optical signal of the pixel in the first row into a digital signal.