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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2019
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Tayanaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Only a necessary region is imaged on the basis of a result of interleaving imaging. An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, an analog-to-digital converter, and a conversion control unit. The imaging element generates analog signals of a plurality of pixels for a plurality of pixel blocks each including a plurality of pixels. The analog-to-digital converter performs analog-to-digital conversion processing for converting an analog signal into a digital signal. The conversion control unit controls the analog-to-digital conversion processing of a plurality of pixels included in a predetermined pixel block according to a difference between a digital signal of a representative pixel in the predetermined pixel block in the plurality of pixel blocks and a predetermined reference value.