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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 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 plurality of imaging pixels configured to acquire a radiation image, a plurality of detection pixels each including a detection conversion element and a detection switch element, a drive unit configured to drive the detection switch element of each of the plurality of detection pixels, a plurality of detection regions in each of which the plurality of detection pixels are arranged, a control unit configured to control the drive unit to drive the plurality of detection pixels arranged in each of the plurality of detection regions at respective different timing, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire an amount of incidence of radiation rays on each of the plurality of detection regions based on a value obtained by summing or averaging signals read out from the plurality of detection pixels.