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US 2016/0079295 A1Published application
Image pickup element, image pickup apparatus, and image pickup system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsMasahiko Okuzawa, Takeshi Ogawa
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Abstract
An image pickup element includes a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel that share one microlens, a first boundary that is provided between the first pixel and the second pixel, and a second boundary that is provided between the first pixel and the third pixel, and when a charge amount of the first pixel is saturated, a first charge amount from the first pixel to the second pixel via the first boundary is larger than a second charge amount from the first pixel to the third pixel via the second boundary.
Claims1
An image pickup element comprising:
- a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel that share one microlens;
- a first boundary that is provided between the first pixel and the second pixel;
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- a second boundary that is provided between the first pixel and the third pixel,
- wherein when a charge amount of the first pixel is saturated, a first charge amount from the first pixel to the second pixel via the first boundary is larger than a second charge amount from the first pixel to the third pixel via the second boundary.
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