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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2020
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Yusuke Okada, Osaka, JP;
Takeyoshi Tokuhara, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Satou, Kyoto, JP;
Yasuo Miyake, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An imaging deviceincludes a pixel array PA. A first period, a third period, and a second period appear in this order in one frame. During the first period, pixel signal readout is performed on at least one first row in the pixel array PA. During the second period, pixel signal readout is performed on at least one second row in the pixel array PA. At least one of the at least one first row or the at least one second row includes two rows in the pixel array PA. During the third period, no pixel signal readout is performed on the rows in the pixel array PA. Each of the first period and the second period is one of the high-sensitivity exposure period and the low-sensitivity exposure period. The third period is the other of the high-sensitivity exposure period and the low-sensitivity exposure period.