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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2015
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shingo Isobe, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3532 (2013.01); H04N 5/3454 (2013.01); H04N 5/3456 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an image pickup apparatus capable of reading out and outputting pixel data of a partial area of a rolling shutter type image sensor. The image pickup apparatus includes: a readout condition setter configured to set a readout condition from the image sensor; a charge time setter configured to set charge time of the image sensor; a controller configured to control charging of the image sensor and readout from the image sensor so as to achieve constant charge time irrespective of the readout condition; and an image signal output unit configured to output a pixel signal read out by the controller.