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Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025

Filed:

Jun. 18, 2021
Applicant:

Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Shinichi Fujii, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 23/81 (2023.01); H04N 25/62 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/672 (2023.01); H04N 23/80 (2023.01); H04N 23/81 (2023.01); H04N 25/62 (2023.01);
Abstract

Provided is an imaging apparatus including an imaging element that includes photodiode split pixels, the photodiode split pixels each including a first photodiode pixel and a second photodiode pixel, the first photodiode pixel and the second photodiode pixel outputting different pixel signals, respectively, a signal processing section that, in a case where output values of the pixel signals reach saturation values, performs a saturation handling process of correcting the output values according to the saturation values and predicted output values.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Fujii, Shinichi. (2025). Imaging apparatus and signal processing method for handling saturation of split pixel (U.S. Patent No. 12425730). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12425730

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