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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Atsushi Iwashita, Saitama, JP;
Toshio Kameshima, Kumagaya, JP;
Tomoyuki Yagi, Honjo, JP;
Katsuro Takenaka, Honjo, JP;
Hideyuki Okada, Honjo, JP;
Eriko Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Ryu, Kokubunji, JP;
Kosuke Terui, Honjo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A radiation imaging apparatus comprising a plurality of sensors arrayed to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns on a substrate and a driving unit configured to drive the plurality of sensors row by row, wherein the driving unit performs a first operation of driving the plurality of sensors while selecting the plurality of rows in a first order, and a second operation of driving the plurality of sensors while selecting the plurality of rows in a second order different from the first order after the first operation, such that a time difference is produced between a sensor in each row and a sensor in a neighboring row from the selection in the first order to the selection in the second order.