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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hideki Mitsubayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/073 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23203 (2013.01); H04N 5/0733 (2013.01); H04N 5/2258 (2013.01); H04N 5/232061 (2018.08);
Abstract
Provided is an image sensor configured to function as a synchronous master that controls synchronous imaging performed by a plurality of image sensors. In a case where a stop request is acquired, the image sensor stops imaging operation on the basis of the stop request, and does not transmit, to a different image sensor functioning as a synchronous slave that performs imaging under control by the synchronous master, a synchronous slave synchronous signal for controlling imaging timing of an image sensor functioning as the synchronous slave on the basis of the stop request.