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US 2007/0165121 A1Published application
Image capturing apparatus and image capturing system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMakiko Yamauchi
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Abstract
The present invention provides an image capturing apparatus, which comprises a plurality of photoelectric converter-containing pixels that are positioned horizontally and vertically and a gain circuit, has a gain controller that can control the gain of the gain circuit in N stages (where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2). The gain circuit outputs each of a plurality of signals given by the product of the output signal from one of the plurality of pixels and the gain in each stage of the N stages.
Claims6
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion element therein, which are arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction;
- a gain circuit;
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- a gain controller configured to control the gain of the gain circuit in N stages, where N is an integer equal to or greater than 2, wherein the gain circuit outputs a plurality of signals given by the product of the output signal from one of the plurality of the pixels and the gain in each stage of the N stages.
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