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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Rohm Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Takahiro Akahane, Kanagawa, JP;
Ken Koseki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Shigenami, Kanagawa, JP;
Go Asayama, Kanagawa, JP;
Rei Takamori, Oita, JP;
Tatsuya Ninomiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Nishinouchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Onodera, Kanagawa, JP;
Tatsuro Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
ROHM CO., LTD., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A camera module of the disclosure includes: an imaging unit that includes a plurality of pixels, acquires a first detection value in one of the pixels in a second term out of a first term, the second term, a third term, and a fourth term that are set in order, acquires a second detection value in the relevant one of the pixels in the fourth term, and obtains a pixel value of the relevant one of the pixels on the basis of a difference between the first and second detection values; a lens unit including a lens and an actuator that drives the lens; and a driver unit that generates a drive signal and drives the actuator using the drive signal, in which the drive signal makes a transition in each of the first and third terms.