Image capturing apparatus, control method for the same, and storage medium
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHirokazu Kobayashi, Mie Ishii
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus comprises a unit pixel including a plurality of light receiving elements, a plurality of column output lines provided, for each column, at a number greater than or equal to at least a number of the light receiving elements of each unit pixel, and a switching unit configured to switch between a first readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via respectively different column output lines and a second readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via the same column output line for each unit pixel.
Claims13
An image capturing apparatus comprising:
- a unit pixel including a plurality of light receiving elements;
- a plurality of column output lines provided, for each column, at a number greater than or equal to at least a number of the light receiving elements of each unit pixel;
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- a processor or a circuit that performs the functions of a switching unit that switches between a first readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via respectively different column output lines and a second readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via the same column output line for each unit pixel,
- wherein the switching unit switches between the first readout mode and the second readout mode on a row-by-row basis in each region of one or more unit pixels.
A control method of an image capturing apparatus that includes a unit pixel having a plurality of light receiving elements and a plurality of column output lines provided, for each column, at a number greater than or equal to at least a number of the light receiving elements of each unit pixel, the control method comprising:
- switching between a first readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via respectively different column output lines and a second readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via the same column output line for each unit pixel,
- wherein in the switching, readout mode is switched between the first readout mode and the second readout mode on a row-by-row basis in each region of one or more unit pixels.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a control method of an image capturing apparatus that includes a unit pixel having a plurality of light receiving elements and a plurality of column output lines provided, for each column, at a number greater than or equal to at least a number of the light receiving elements of each unit pixel, the control method comprising:
- switching between a first readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via respectively different column output lines and a second readout mode for reading out signals from the plurality of light receiving elements via the same column output line for each unit pixel,
- wherein in the switching, readout mode is switched between the first readout mode and the second readout mode on a row-by-row basis in each region of one or more unit pixels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.