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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2021
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Kazutoshi Kodama, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
To improve the frame rate in an imaging apparatus that carries out still image recording and moving image display simultaneously. A pixel array includes an arrangement of a plurality of pixels. The plurality of pixels each include an internal memory. An exposure control unit carries out first exposure control in which captured data obtained by performing exposure to all the plurality of pixels together is retained in the internal memories of the pixels. The exposure control unit also carries out second exposure control in which captured data obtained by performing exposure to specific pixels of the plurality of pixels together is retained in the internal memories of the pixels.