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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Atsumi Niwa, Kanagawa, JP;
Motonari Honda, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
Time deviation between event detection and gradation acquisition is reduced. A solid-state imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a pixel array unit () including a plurality of pixel blocks () arrayed in a matrix; and a drive circuit () that generates a pixel signal in a first pixel block in which firing of an address event has been detected among the plurality of pixel blocks, each of the plurality of pixel blocks including a first photoelectric conversion element () that generates an electric charge according to an amount of incident light, a detection unit () that detects the firing of the address event based on the electric charge generated in the first photoelectric conversion element, a second photoelectric conversion element () that generates an electric charge according to an amount of incident light, and a pixel circuit () that generates a pixel signal based on the electric charge generated in the second photoelectric conversion element.