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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2015
Hamamatsu Photonics K.k., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Ryuji Kyushima, Hamamatsu, JP;
Kazuki Fujita, Hamamatsu, JP;
Haruyoshi Okada, Hamamatsu, JP;
Junichi Sawada, Hamamatsu, JP;
Harumichi Mori, Hamamatsu, JP;
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a photodetecting unit including MN pixels arrayed two-dimensionally in M rows and N columns, an output unit outputting a digital value generated on the basis of the amount of charge input from the pixels, and a control unit. The control unit divides the MN pixels in the photodetecting unit into unit regions each including pixels in Q rows and R columns, divides the unit regions arrayed two-dimensionally in (M/Q) rows and (N/R) columns into binning regions each including unit regions in K rows and one column, and repeatedly outputs the digital value according to the sum of amounts of the charges output from KQR pixels included in each binning region from the output unit K times in a column order for each row sequentially for the binning regions arrayed two-dimensionally in (M/KQ) rows and (N/R) columns.