View source for US Patent Application 18347450. PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE BODY simplified abstract

=PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE BODY=


==Organization Name==

[[CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA]]


==Inventor(s)==

[[YASUHARU Ota of Tokyo (JP)]]


[[KAZUHIRO Morimoto of Kanagawa (JP)]]


==PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE BODY - A simplified explanation of the abstract==


*This abstract for appeared for US patent application  number 18347450 Titled 'PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, OPTICAL DETECTION SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE BODY'

==Simplified Explanation==

The abstract describes a photoelectric conversion apparatus that includes an avalanche photodiode, a switch, and a signal generation unit. The avalanche photodiode has an anode and a cathode. The switch is connected to one node of the anode and the cathode, and it can switch the resistance value between the node and a power line. The signal generation unit generates a pulse signal to control the switching of the switch. The abstract states that the number of pulse signals in a first exposure period divided by the length of the first exposure period is different from the number of pulse signals in a second exposure period divided by the length of the second exposure period, which is different from the length of the first exposure period.


==Original Abstract Submitted==

A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes an avalanche photodiode including an anode and a cathode, a switch that is connected to one node of the anode and the cathode, and a power line to which a drive voltage is to be applied, and configured to switch a resistance value between the one node and the power line, and a signal generation unit configured to generate a pulse signal for controlling switching of the switch, wherein a value obtained by dividing the number of the pulse signals in a first exposure period by the first exposure period, and a value obtained by dividing the number of the pulse signals in a second exposure period having a length different from a length of the first exposure period, by the second exposure period are different.