Sony Corporation

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Youji Sakioka

Eiji Makino

Masayuki Tachi

Taishin Yoshida

Hisashi Nishimaki

Ryoji Eki

Hiroaki Ebihara

Daisuke Yoshioka

Tetsuji Nakaseko

Kazuhide Namba

Ryota Moriwaka

Shinya Nomura

Yoshiaki Urakawa

Atsushi Suzuki

Shizunori Matsumoto

Yusuke Minagawa

Kei Nakagawa

Shizunorl Matsumoto

Switching is performed between a global shutter method and a local shutter method. A pixel control unitperforms local shutter and global shutter on a pixel. The image generation unitgenerates a first frame, which is an image based on the first image signal, and a second frame, which is an image based on the second image signal. The self-position estimation unitgenerates a surrounding map from the first frame. The object detection unitdetects a target object from the second frame and generates target object information.

Body wearable terminal and information processing system

The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing method therefor, and an electronic apparatus enabling sensitivity correction in which a sensitivity difference between solid-state imaging devices is suppressed. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which one microlens is formed for a plurality of pixels in a manner such that a boundary of the microlens coincides with boundaries of the pixels. The correction circuit corrects a sensitivity difference between the pixels inside the pixel unit based on a correction coefficient. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a solid-state imaging device and the like.

Solid-state imaging device, signal processing method therefor, and electronic apparatus for enabling sensitivity correction

Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus having a pixel unit with one microlens and a correction circuit

An imaging device includes an exposure control unit, a determination unit, and an illuminance calculation unit. The exposure control unit is configured to control a plurality of exposure times. The determination unit is configured to determine whether or not saturation occurs using at least one data item of a plurality of data items obtained during the plurality of exposure times. The illuminance calculation unit is configured to calculate, if the determination unit determines that the saturation occurs, an illuminance using a data item different from the at least one data item used in the determination.

Imaging device and imaging method having an illuminance calculation unit calculating respective illuminances corresponding to digital signals

A semiconductor device includes: an element array portion in which unit elements are disposed in a matrix; and a signal processing portion including a signal processing circuit executing predetermined signal processing based on unit signals outputted from the circuit elements, respectively, every column, in which a function of the signal processing circuit is controlled in such a way that power consumption of the signal processing circuit concerned corresponding to the unit elements each not required becomes lower in a phase of an element selection mode in which only information on a part of the unit pixels for one row in the element array portion is required than in a phase of a normal operation mode.

Semiconductor device, physical information acquiring apparatus, and signal reading-out method

A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel section wherein pixels including photoelectric conversion devices are arranged in a matrix; and a pixel driving section including a row selection circuit which controls the pixels to perform an electronic shutter operation and readout of the pixel section. The row selection circuit has a function of selecting a readout row from which a signal is read out and a shutter row on which reset is performed by discharging charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion devices, in accordance with address and control signals. The row selection circuit can set, in accordance with the address and control signals, in the pixels of the selected row, at least a readout state, a discharge state where a smaller amount of the charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion devices than the reset is discharged, an electronic shutter state, and a charge state where the charge is accumulated in the photoelectric conversion devices.

Solid-state imaging device and camera system

Imaging device and imaging method having saturation determination for an illuminance calculation

A power supply device that switches one of a first power supply, a second power supply, and a third power supply, all of which supply power to an auxiliary device, to a transfer gate in a CMOS image sensor having a photodiode and outputs the corresponding power to the transfer gate is disclosed. The device includes: a first transistor driven by the second power supply and outputting power of the second power supply to the transfer gate; a second transistor driven by the second power supply and outputting power of the first power supply to the transfer gate; a third transistor driven by the third power supply and outputting power of the third power supply to the transfer gate; and a fourth transistor located before the second transistor, driven by the first power supply, and outputting power of the first power supply to a source of the second transistor.

Power supply device, operation method of power supply device, electronic apparatus, and operation method of electronic apparatus

Disclosed herein is a driving apparatus for driving a pixel, including a first pMOS type transistor connected to a first potential a first nMOS type transistor connected in series to the first pMOS type transistor and connected to a second potential; and a control section configured to control the first pMOS type transistor and the first nMOS type transistor individually using a first on-signal for controlling the timing of turning on of one of the first pMOS type transistor and the first nMOS type transistor; a signal of a potential at a node between the first pMOS type transistor and the first nMOS type transistor being inputted as a driving signal for driving the pixel to the pixel.

Driving apparatus

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Kanagawa, Japan

Youji Sakioka