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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2011
Applicants:
Takumi Kajihara, Nagasaki, JP;
Junichi Inutsuka, Nagasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Takumi Kajihara, Nagasaki, JP;
Junichi Inutsuka, Nagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/217 (2011.01); H04N 5/3745 (2011.01); H04N 5/365 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/3745 (2013.01); H04N 5/3658 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in the form of a matrix; a pixel signal reading unit performing reading of a pixel signal in a signal line from the pixel unit in the unit of plural pixels, and performing column signal processing with respect to an input signal; and an evaluation pattern generation unit receiving a control signal and a signal line interception signal and generating a pseudo-evaluation pattern according to the control signal.