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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2014
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Ryota Sekiguchi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Toshihiko Ouchi, Machida, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Provided by the present invention is an image forming apparatus wherein a signal to noise ratio is improved without reducing a video rate of a real-time moving image. The image forming apparatus comprises: a pixelhaving an electromagnetic wave detecting elementconfigured to detect an electromagnetic wave; a switchconfigured to read out a signal from the pixel; a signal generating unitconfigured to generate a signalhaving a predetermined period, wherein the pixel is connected to a transmission linefor supplying, to the pixel, the signal having the predetermined period, and to a scanning lineandfor reading out the signal from the pixel through the switch, andthe pixel has a frequency converting elementconfigured to convert a frequency of a detection signal of the electromagnetic wave detecting element, using the signal having the predetermined period.