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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/535 (2023.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01); H04N 25/773 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 25/78 (2023.01); H04N 25/535 (2023.01); H04N 25/766 (2023.01); H04N 25/773 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01);
Abstract
An imaging element includes a first semiconductor substrate having a pixel unit having disposed therein a plurality of pixels that each include a photoelectric conversion unit configured to convert light to an electric charge, and to output signals based on the electric charge converted by the photoelectric conversion unit and a second semiconductor substrate having an exposure processing unit configured to use the signals read from the pixels to calculate an accumulation time for accumulating the electric charge yielded by the conversion performed by the photoelectric conversion units.