发明名称 |
IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND CAMERA |
摘要 |
An image pickup device, wherein a part of the carriers overflowing from the photoelectric conversion unit for a period of photoelectrically generating and accumulating the carriers may be flowed into the floating diffusion region, and a pixel signal generating unit generating a pixel signal according to the carriers stored in the photoelectric conversion unit and the carriers having overflowed into the floating diffusion region, is provided. The expansion of a dynamic range and the improvement of an image quality can be provided by controlling a ratio of the carriers flowing into the floating diffusion region to the carriers overflowing from such a photoelectric conversion unit at high accuracy.
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申请公布号 |
US2011074993(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2011.03.31 |
申请号 |
US20100960701 |
申请日期 |
2010.12.06 |
申请人 |
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
发明人 |
OKITA AKIRA;KOIZUMI TORU;UENO ISAMU;SAKURAI KATSUHITO |
分类号 |
H04N5/335;H04N5/355;H04N5/374 |
主分类号 |
H04N5/335 |
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