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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2016
Yoshio Konno, Kanagawa, JP;
Masamoto Nakazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroki Shirado, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging element includes: a plurality of pixel units configured to each include a plurality of light receiving elements performing photoelectric conversion; a plurality of analog-to-digital (A/D) converters configured to be provided to each of the pixel units for sequentially converting an analog signal obtained by photoelectric conversion performed by the light receiving elements to a digital signal; a plurality of first holding units configured to be provided to each of the pixel units for sequentially holding a digital signal obtained by conversion performed by the A/D converters; and a plurality of second holding units configured to receive and hold a digital signal held by the first holding units in a period when the A/D converters do not convert an analog signal to a digital signal.