US 12,425,751 B2
Image pickup apparatus in which global shutter driving of image pickup device is performed
Yusuke Yamashita, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,994.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-017355 (JP), filed on Feb. 8, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0267645 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/532 (2023.01); H04N 25/62 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/532 (2023.01) [H04N 25/62 (2023.01); H04N 25/771 (2023.01); H04N 25/7795 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image pickup device including a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion part that generates a charge by photoelectric conversion, and at least two charge storage parts that are connected to the photoelectric conversion part and store a charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion part; and
a controller configured to perform control to switch a driving mode of the image pickup device between a first mode and a second mode according to exposure setting, wherein the driving mode includes the first mode in which the charge is transferred from the photoelectric conversion part to the charge storage part in multiple transfers in one frame period, and the second mode in which the charge is transferred from the photoelectric conversion part to the charge storage part only once in one frame period.