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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:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2019
Applicant:

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;

Inventors:

Bostamam Anas, Kanagawa, JP;

Katsuhiko Hanzawa, Kanagawa, JP;

Shinichiro Futami, Kanagawa, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/341 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 27/14605 (2013.01); H04N 5/23245 (2013.01); H04N 5/341 (2013.01); H04N 5/37455 (2013.01);
Abstract

[Object] To execute online calibration without using a light source. [Solution] An image sensor includes: a pixel array portion in which a plurality of pixels are disposed and which generates a pixel signal; a reference signal generation unit configured to generate a reference signal for calibration; an analog digital (AD) conversion unit configured to execute AD conversion on the pixel signal and the reference signal to generate pixel data and reference data; and a correction processing unit configured to correct the pixel data on a basis of the reference data. The present technology can be applied to, for example, an image sensor performing online calibration.


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