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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2015
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Jun Kawanabe, Kumagaya, JP;
Minoru Watanabe, Honjo, JP;
Keigo Yokoyama, Honjo, JP;
Masato Ofuji, Takasaki, JP;
Kentaro Fujiyoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Wayama, Honjo, JP;
Kazuya Furumoto, Saitama, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a detecting pixel including a converting element and a switch element, a different pixel includes a different converting element and a different switch element, a signal line connected in common to a plurality of the switch elements, a driving unit configured to drive the different switch element and the switch element, and a control unit configured to control the driving unit, wherein the control unit controls the driving unit such that in a case where an on-state voltage or an off-state voltage is applied to at least one switch element, a voltage of opposite polarity to the on-state voltage or the off-state voltage is applied to a different switch element that is different from the at least one switch element or a voltage of opposite polarity to the on-state voltage or the off-state voltage is applied to the different switch element.