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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
May. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Shinichi Fujii, Kanagawa, JP;
Daisuke Miyakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenzaburo Seki, Kanagawa, JP;
Mitsuaki Kita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/345 (2013.01); H04N 5/3456 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided an image sensor including: a control unit configured to control pixels in a manner that a readout of a focus pixel signal from a focus detection pixel used for focusing and a readout of a main pixel signal from a pixel used for image generation are conducted independently; and an output unit configured to output the focus pixel signal and the main pixel signal independently from each other.