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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2021
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Fujii, Tokyo, JP;
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes an imaging element including a photodiode division pixel, and a control unit. The control unit performs control such that, as reading corresponding to one frame of an image in a case where rolling shutter reading from the imaging element is performed, first reading that reads an addition value of a first pixel and a second pixel constituting the photodiode division pixel for all pixels as image generation targets, and second reading that can obtain a value of the first pixel and a value of the second pixel for some pixels of pixels as image generation targets are performed in a time division manner, and an exposure period for the first reading and an exposure period for the second reading are separately provided.