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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2018
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Marie Toyoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Taishin Yoshida, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To generate a value unique to a device in a more preferable mode. A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels disposed in a two-dimensional array, and a drive control unit that controls a first drive to output signals from the unit pixels included in a first unit pixel group of the plurality of unit pixels as an image signal, and a second drive to detect variations in respective signals from two or more of the unit pixels included in a second unit pixel group of the plurality of unit pixels, in which the first unit pixel group and the second unit pixel group have different structures from each other.