Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capturing apparatus
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Application No.: US16778475Application Date: 2020-01-31
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Publication No.: US11297269B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Takayuki Yasuda , Hiroyasu Katagawa , Tomonaga Iwahara
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2019-018255 20190204
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/343 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/347 ; H01L27/146 ; G01J1/44 ; H03M1/24 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor in which a plurality of unit pixels are arranged, each unit pixel including one microlens and at least one light receiving portion that produces a pulse signal when light is incident on the light receiving portion, wherein the unit pixel includes a counting circuit capable of counting the pulse signals of a plurality of the light receiving portions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200252563A1 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2020-08-06
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