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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Takeshi Ichikawa, Hachioji, JP;
Masahiro Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Onuki, Fujisawa, JP;
Toru Koizumi, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/3532 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus performs a global electronic shutter operation in which exposure periods of a plurality of pixels coincide with one another. In a first period in which a photoelectric conversion unit of at least one of the pixels stores charge, signals based on charges stored in holding units of the pixels are successively output to output lines. In a second period after the output of the signals from the pixels is terminated, the holding units of the pixels hold charge.