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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2015
Applicant:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Jun Hashizume, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/343 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/343 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an image sensor that includes a pixel unit, a memory, a control unit, and a detection unit. The pixel unit has a plurality of reading modes and generates image data in accordance with incident light. The memory has a capacity capable of storing the image data equivalent to at least two or more frames. The control unit simultaneously performs processing for storing the image data input from the pixel unit in a different region in the memory for each frame, and processing for reading the image data from the region where previous storage has been performed. The detection unit detects a change in the reading mode in the pixel unit. The present disclosure can be applied to an electronic device having an image capturing function.


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