Imaging apparatus and imaging system

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PATENT NO 9812474
APP PUB NO 20150279882A1
SERIAL NO

14665045

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An imaging apparatus includes a pixel that generates charge; an integral amplifier that integrates charge transferred from the pixel; a low pass filter to which output of the integral amplifier is supplied and whose time constant is variable; first and second sample-and-hold circuits that sample and hold output of the low pass filter before and after the charge is transferred from the pixel to the integral amplifier, respectively; a differential circuit that outputs a difference between signals held by the first and second sample-and-hold circuits; and a control circuit that changes the time constant. The control circuit decreases the time constant after the sampling by the first sample-and-hold circuit ends, and increases the time constant in the middle of the sampling by the second sample-and-hold circuit.

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  • CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iwashita, Atsushi Saitama, JP 89 1193
Kameshima, Toshio Kumagaya, JP 162 3792
Okada, Hideyuki Honjo, JP 91 1187
Ryu, Takuya Kokubunji, JP 31 709
Sato, Eriko Tokyo, JP 48 759
Sato, Sho Tokyo, JP 117 1362
Takenaka, Katsuro Honjo, JP 153 3338
Yagi, Tomoyuki Honjo, JP 141 3252

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