Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device and imaging system capable of performing a global electronic shutter operation
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Application No.: US15254853Application Date: 2016-09-01
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Publication No.: US10091449B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Masahiro Kobayashi , Takeshi Ichikawa , Yusuke Onuki , Masaaki Minowa , Kazunari Kawabata , Hiroshi Sekine
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Canon U.S.A., Inc. IP Division
- Priority: JP2015-180064 20150911
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/232

Abstract:
The imaging device performs a global electronic shutter operation in which exposure periods of a plurality of pixels coincide with each other. In a first period during which a photoelectric conversion portion of at least one of the pixels accumulates an electric charge, signals based on electric charges held in holding portions of the plurality of pixels are sequentially output to an output line. During a second period after the output of the signals from the plurality of pixels is finished, the holding unit of each of the plurality of pixels holds an electric charge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170078605A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2017-03-16
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