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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenzaburo Seki, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Miyakoshi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/374 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/37457 (2013.01); H04N 9/04551 (2018.08); H04N 9/04557 (2018.08); H01L 27/14645 (2013.01); H04N 5/374 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device includes: a plurality of pixel units each of which includes a single read terminal and two or more pixels; and a controller that performs read operation with respect to each of the pixel units and starts, in each unit period, the read operation with respect to the predetermined number of the pixel units out of the plurality of the pixel units. The read operation includes sequentially reading pixel signals from the two or more pixels through the read terminal at a rate of one pixel every unit period.