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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Kyoko Izuha, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouichi Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomoo Mitsunaga, Kanagawa, JP;
Hayato Wakabayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Kadono, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/345 (2011.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/345 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14643 (2013.01); H04N 5/144 (2013.01); H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H04N 5/353 (2013.01); H04N 5/3698 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes imaging elementsarranged in two-dimensional matrix in a first direction and a second direction, an analog-digital (AD) converter, and a pixel signal reading device. The pixel signal reading deviceselects spatially at random the imaging elementthat outputs a pixel signal to the AD converter, and randomly outputs the pixel signal of the imaging elementfrom the AD converter