IMAGING APPARATUS

• Main Authors: KATO TARO, MORIMOTO KAZUHIRO, KOBAYASHI MASAHIRO, SEKINE HIROSHI, KAWABATA KAZUNARI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.02.2018
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus capable of acquiring an addition signal while suppressing waste of an optical signal.SOLUTION: The first charge holding unit, in a state in which charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit are held during a first period, holds the charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit during a second period which is not continuous with the first period and is different in length from the first period. The second charge holding unit holds charges generated in the photoelectric conversion unit during a third period which does not overlap with the first period and the second period.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】 光信号の無駄を抑制しつつ、加算信号を取得することが可能な撮像装置を提供する。【解決手段】 前記第１の電荷保持部は、第１期間に前記光電変換部で生じた電荷を保持した状態で、前記第１期間と連続しない期間であって前記第１期間とは長さが異なる第２期間に前記光電変換部で生じた電荷を保持し、前記第２の電荷保持部は、前記第１期間および前記第２期間とは重複しない期間である第３期間に前記光電変換部で生じた電荷を保持する。【選択図】 図４