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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2023
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomohiro Yamazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus including (A) an imaging lens; and (B) an image sensor array in which a plurality of image sensor units are arrayed, wherein, a single image sensor unit includes a single microlens and a plurality of image sensors light passing through the imaging lens and reaching each image sensor unit passes through the microlens and forms an image on the plurality of image sensors constituting the image sensor unit, an inter-unit light shielding layer is formed between the image sensor units themselves, and a light shielding layer is not formed between the image sensor units which constitute the image sensor unit.