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Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2020
Applicant:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yuichi Gomi, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/35545 (2013.01); H04N 5/37452 (2013.01); H04N 5/379 (2018.08);
Abstract

In a solid-state imaging device, first electric charge is generated by at least two first photoelectric conversion elements in a first exposure period. At least two pieces of the first electric charge are added in a floating diffusion. A first memory stores a first pixel signal that is based on the first electric charge. Second electric charge is generated by at least one second photoelectric conversion element in a second exposure period. At least part of the second exposure period overlaps at least part of the first exposure period. The second electric charge is held in the floating diffusion. A second memory stores a second pixel signal that is based on the second electric charge.


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