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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2015
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Isao Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Matsumura, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a solid state imaging device, a drive control method therefor, an image processing method, and an electronic apparatus capable of achieving both generation of a pixel signal with a high dynamic range and generation of phase difference information. A pixel array unit of the solid state imaging device is configured such that a plurality of pixels each having the same light receiving region is arranged in a matrix, and light that has entered a single microlens enters the plurality of pixels adjacent to each other. In addition, a first pixel and a second pixel included in the plurality of pixels below the microlens of the pixel array unit are set to have a sensitivity difference. The technique of the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid state imaging device or the like.