Patent ID: 8497919
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: an image sensor comprising a first photoelectric conversion element in a first region and a second photoelectric conversion element in a second region; a first output unit configured to perform first gain processing on a first analog signal corresponding to an electric charge stored in the first photoelectric conversion element in the first region and output a first processed signal corresponding to the first analog signal; a second output unit configured to perform second gain processing on a second analog signal corresponding to an electric charge stored in the second photoelectric conversion element in the second region and output a second processed signal corresponding to the second analog signal; an instruction unit configured to instruct a gain of the first gain processing and a gain of the second gain processing; a conversion unit configured to convert an output signal from the first output unit and an output signal from the second output unit from an analog signal to a digital signal; a first control unit configured to control a display of an image based on an output signal from the first output unit; and a second control unit configured to control an imaging condition based on an output signal from the second output unit, the second gain processing being different from the first gain processing.