Image sensor, image capturing apparatus, and cellular phone for reduced power consumption when performing thinning readout
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShohei Tozawa
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Abstract
An image sensor comprises: a plurality of pixels including a first pixel group and a second pixel group; a first readout unit connected to the first pixel group; a second readout unit connected to the second pixel group; and a control unit configured to control to supply power to the first and second readout units in a first readout mode, and supply power to the first readout unit and not to supply power to the second readout unit in a second readout mode, wherein the plurality of pixels and the first readout unit are arranged on a first chip, and the second readout unit is arranged on a second chip.
Claims10
An image sensor comprising:
- a plurality of pixels including a first pixel group and a second pixel group;
- a first readout unit connected to the first pixel group;
- a second readout unit connected to the second pixel group;
- and
- a control unit configured to control to supply power to the first and second readout units in a first readout mode, and control to supply power to the first readout unit and not to supply power to the second readout unit in a second readout mode,
- wherein the plurality of pixels and the first readout unit are arranged on a first chip, and the second readout unit is arranged on a second chip.
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor including:
- a plurality of pixels including a first pixel group and a second pixel group;
- a first readout unit connected to the first pixel group;
- a second readout unit connected to the second pixel group;
- and
- a control unit configured to control to supply power to the first and second readout units in a first readout mode, and control to supply power to the first readout unit and not to supply power to the second readout unit in a second readout mode,
- wherein the plurality of pixels and the first readout unit are arranged on a first chip, and the second readout unit is arranged on a second chip.
A cellular phone comprising:
- an image sensor including:
- a plurality of pixels including a first pixel group and a second pixel a first readout unit connected to the first pixel group;
- a second readout unit connected to the second pixel group;
- and a control unit configured to control to supply power to the first and second readout units in a first readout mode, and control to supply power to the first readout unit and not to supply power to the second readout unit in a second readout mode, wherein the plurality of pixels and the first readout unit are arranged on a first chip, and the second readout unit is arranged on a second chip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.