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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2020
Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa, JP;
Kumiko Mahara, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A measurement device includes: a light receiving unit including a plurality of pixels disposed in a target region in a matrix array, a controller that designates one or more target pixels, of a plurality of pixels, from which a signal is to be read, and a signal processing unit that performs a signal process based on a signal read from one or more target pixels included in a block having a predetermined width in the row direction of the array and having a variable height in the column direction. The controller switches, according to an instruction, between a first mode in which one or more target pixels are designated after performing thinning on the plurality of pixels, and a second mode in which one or more target pixels are designated without performing thinning.