US 12,137,291 B2
Photoelectric conversion apparatus having pad arrangement
Yu Arishima, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/587,891.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-016447 (JP), filed on Feb. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246651 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/617 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/80 (2023.01) [H04N 23/617 (2023.01); H04N 23/665 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising:
a photoelectric conversion region provided with a plurality of photoelectric conversion units;
a signal processing unit configured to process an output signal from the plurality of photoelectric conversion units;
a processing unit configured to perform processing based on a learned model on data processed by the signal processing unit;
a first pad or pads connected to the processing unit and configured to allow an input from and an output to an outside; and
a second pad or pads connected to the signal processing unit, different from the first pad, and configured to allow an input from and an output to an outside,
wherein the number of first pad or pads is different from that of second pad or pads.