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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2017
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Yoshihiko Nagahama, Kanagawa, JP;

Kunihiko Hikichi, Kanagawa, JP;

Atsushi Yamamoto, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H01L 27/142 (2014.01); G02B 3/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/09 (2006.01); G02B 5/30 (2006.01); G02B 5/20 (2006.01); H04N 1/028 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); G02B 3/00 (2013.01); G02B 3/0056 (2013.01); G02B 3/0075 (2013.01); G02B 5/20 (2013.01); G02B 5/30 (2013.01); G02B 5/3025 (2013.01); G02B 27/0905 (2013.01); G02B 27/0961 (2013.01); H01L 27/142 (2013.01); H01L 27/146 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01); H01L 27/14625 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14629 (2013.01); H04N 1/028 (2013.01); H04N 5/369 (2013.01); H01L 27/14618 (2013.01); Y02E 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging device includes a light shield that has light shielding walls and a plurality of light transmissive parts in a plurality of apertures between the light shielding walls and a light-receiving element layer in which a large number of light-receiving elements that perform photoelectric conversion corresponding to incident light inputted through the light transmissive parts of the light shield are arranged to acquire image information that has passed through optical elements that are different between the adjacent light transmissive parts. Further, the image information that passed through optical elements being different for every one of the light transmissive parts adjacent is acquired, and therefore, the sensor areas of the light receiving element is utilized effectively.


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