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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Naoki Kawazu, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsushi Suzuki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Shoji, Kanagawa, JP;
Masashi Akamatsu, Nagasaki, JP;
Nobutaka Shimamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Hayato Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Yuuki Yamagata, Kanagawa, JP;
Norihiro Nikai, Fukuoka, JP;
Tohru Kikawada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takumi Oka, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiki Kainuma, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present technology relates to an image pickup element, a control method, and an image pickup device which realize easier and more diversified data output. In one aspect of the present technology, a plurality of signal lines for transmitting a pixel signal read from a pixel is allocated to each column, and different reading modes of the pixel signals are respectively allocated to the signal lines of each column. Regarding each column of the pixel array connected to the pixel corresponding to the mode, the pixel signal is read from the pixel connected to the signal line corresponding to the reading mode of the pixel signal in the mode, and the read pixel signal is transmitted via the signal line. The present technology is applied to, for example, an image pickup element and an image pickup device.