Patent ID: 8836806
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus that generates an image corresponding to an incident light, comprising: an image sensor that is configured by arranging a plurality of first type pixels and a plurality of second type pixels, wherein each of the plurality of first type pixels comprises a photoelectric conversion section that generates an electric charge corresponding to the incident light, a charge storage section that stores the electric charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion section, a charge retention section that temporally holds the electric charge generated by the photoelectric conversion section before transferring to the charge storage section, and an output section that outputs a voltage corresponding to the electric charge stored in the charge storage section, and each of the plurality of second type pixels comprises a photoelectric conversion section that generates an electric charge corresponding to the incident light, a charge storage section that stores the electric charge transferred from the photoelectric conversion section, and an output section that outputs a voltage corresponding to the electric charge stored in the charge storage section; a setting unit that sets up a moving image pickup mode or a still image pickup mode; and a control unit that controls to generate an image corresponding to the output voltage from the plurality of first type pixels when the setting unit sets up the moving image pickup mode, and to generate an image corresponding to the output voltages from the plurality of first type pixels and the plurality of second type pixels when the setting unit sets up the still image pickup mode.