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US 10,477,201 B2Granted
Image capturing device, image capturing system, and moving body
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYasuhiro Oguro, Noriyuki Shikina
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Abstract
An image capturing device includes reference pixels arranged in rows and configured to output pixel signals forming address signals indicating the positions of the rows to which the reference pixels belong, and a vertical scanning circuit having control signal output units each provided corresponding to the rows and each configured to output a control signal for controlling effective pixels and reference pixels of a corresponding one of the rows.
Claims20
An image capturing device comprising:
- effective pixels each configured to output a signal corresponding to a quantity of incident light and arranged in rows and columns;
- reference pixels arranged in the rows and configured to output pixel signals forming address signals indicating positions of a row to which the reference pixels belong;
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- a vertical scanning circuit having control signal output units each provided corresponding to the rows and each configured to output a control signal for controlling effective pixels and reference pixels of a corresponding one of the rows.
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A pixel chip comprising:
- effective pixels each configured to output a signal corresponding to a quantity of incident light and arranged in rows and columns;
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- reference pixels arranged in the rows and configured to output pixel signals forming address signals indicating positions of a row to which the reference pixels belong,
- wherein from control signal output units provided in a vertical scanning circuit and each provided corresponding to the rows, a control signal for controlling effective pixels and reference pixels of a corresponding one of the rows is output.
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A signal processing chip comprising:
- a vertical scanning circuit including control signal output units,
- wherein the control signal output units are each arranged corresponding to rows of pixels arranged in the rows,
- the pixels include effective pixels arranged in rows and columns, and reference pixels arranged in the rows and configured to output pixel signals forming address signals indicating positions of a row to which the reference pixels belong, and
- each control signal output unit is configured to output a control signal for controlling effective pixels and reference pixels of a corresponding one of the rows.
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