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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
May. 07, 2021
Applicant:
Sony Group Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SONY GROUP CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/00 (2025.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); H10F 39/12 (2025.01); H10K 59/65 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H10F 39/806 (2025.01); G06V 40/1318 (2022.01); H10F 39/198 (2025.01); H10K 59/65 (2023.02);
Abstract
A light detection device that includes a pinhole body provided with a through hole (H), and an optical sensor that is provided behind the pinhole body and receives light transmitted through the through hole (H), in which a first aperture (O) of the through hole (H) arranged on a first surface being a light incident surface side of the pinhole body is smaller than a second aperture (O) of the through hole (H) arranged on a second surface opposite to the first surface.