Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit, a transistor configured to process a signal charge generated in the photoelectric conversion unit, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit. The apparatus further includes a first semiconductor substrate on which the photoelectric conversion units and the transistors of the plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, a second semiconductor substrate on which a plurality of circuit blocks is two-dimensionally arranged, a bonding portion configured to electrically connect the first semiconductor substrate and the second semiconductor substrate, and a wiring arranged between the first semiconductor substrate and the bonding portion. The wiring is connected to the transistors of the plurality of pixels and configured to supply a control signal to the transistors of the plurality of pixels.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method wherein at least one output signal of a movement sensor (105; 505) is taken into account for the potential division of an integrating period (T; T?) of an image sensor (101; 501) into a plurality of sub-periods (Ti; Ti?).

Abstract: A mechanical noise suppression apparatus includes: a framing section adapted to divide an input signal into frames of a predetermined time length; a Fourier transform section adapted to transform framed signals obtained by the framing section into a frequency spectrum of a frequency domain; a mechanical noise reduction section adapted to correct the frequency spectrum of the input signal obtained by the Fourier transform section based on frequency spectrum information of mechanical noise to suppress the mechanical noise; an inverse Fourier transform section adapted to return the frequency spectrum corrected by the mechanical noise reduction section into framed signals of a time domain; and a frame synthesis section adapted to carry out frame synthesis of the framed signals of frames obtained by the inverse Fourier transform section to obtain an output signal in which the mechanical noise is suppressed.