Patent ID: 9456151
Filing Date: 2016-09-27
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising: an image pickup element that includes a pixel array of a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction to generate an image signal read out line by line, the pixel array including a first area and a second area, the first area including a plurality of third areas; a read-out unit that reads out, frame by frame, the image signal from the first area and the second area in the image pickup element, wherein with each frame, the read-out unit reads out the image signal by a line unit, the lines are in the first direction; a generation unit that generates a correction data for the image signal output from the second area based on the image signal output from the first area; and a storing unit that includes a memory, and stores the correction data generated by the generation unit, wherein the read-out unit reads out in a frame, the image signals from a predetermined area among the second area in the second direction, and reads out the image signal from a third area selected for the frame sequentially among the plurality of third areas, wherein the plurality of third areas are arranged in the first area in the second direction, and the image signal from the first area, for generating the correction data, is stored in a memory by sequentially reading out the image signal from the plurality of third areas.