Patent ID: 9288409
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G01T,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a detector that includes a plurality of conversion elements which convert radiation into charge and that executes image pickup operations in which electrical signals based on the charge are output; a control unit that controls the detector such that the detector executes, in a period between a first image pickup operation and a second image pickup operation, which is executed after the first image pickup operation, among the image pickup operations that are performed a plurality of times, inter-image pickup operations including a first inter-image pickup operation for suppressing a lag generated by the first image pickup operation and a second inter-image pickup operation for obtaining, from the detector, dark signals based on charges included in the conversion elements that are in a state in which the radiation is not radiated after the first inter-image pickup operation; and a signal processing unit that executes arithmetic processing on the electrical signals output from the detector, wherein the signal processing unit