IMAGE-CAPTURING ELEMENT, ENDOSCOPE, AND ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM

WIPO Patent Application WO/2017/057776

A1

The present invention provides an image-capturing element, an endoscope, and an endoscope system with which it is possible to realize both downsizing and fast read-out. The image-capturing element is provided with: a plurality of unit pixels 230 for receiving light from the outside and generating an image-capture signal that corresponds to the received luminous energy, the unit pixels 230 being disposed in two-dimensional matrix form; a plurality of vertical transfer lines 239 for transferring the image-capture signal; a first output amplifier unit 311 and a second output amplifier unit 312 for outputting the image-capture signal transferred from each of the plurality of vertical transfer lines 239 to the outside, a number of first output amplifier units 311 and second output amplifier units 312 being provided in accordance with a prescribed number of pixels; and a timing generation unit 25 for driving pixels in a plurality of rows simultaneously and causing each of the plurality of image-capture signals outputted from the pixels in the plurality of rows to be outputted simultaneously by the first output amplifier unit 311 and second output amplifier unit 312.

AKAHANE NANA (JP)
ADACHI SATORU (JP)
TANAKA TAKANORI (JP)

PCT/JP2016/079352

April 06, 2017

October 03, 2016

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OLYMPUS CORP (JP)

H04N5/3745; A61B1/04; H04N5/378; H04N7/18

WO2012008229A1

2012-01-19

JP2012151596A	2012-08-09
JP2013118501A	2013-06-13
JP2013055500A	2013-03-21

SAKAI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (JP)

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