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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Nobuo Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Toshiki Itagaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Miyamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Shin Hotta, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/703 (2023.01); G06F 21/16 (2013.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04N 21/235 (2011.01); H04N 21/8358 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/703 (2023.01); G06T 1/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing method, and an electronic device enabling improvement of evidence capability of an image. The imaging device generates image information in a pixel unit, generates additional information to be added to the image information outputted from the pixel unit, and combines the additional information with the image information. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device including an image sensor.