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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2011
Atsushi Ihori, Hamamatsu, JP;
Yukinobu Sugiyama, Hamamatsu, JP;
Keisuke Nakao, Hamamatsu, JP;
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K., Hamamatsu-shi, Shizuoka, JP;
Abstract
The solid-state imaging deviceincludes an imaging photodetecting section, a trigger photodetecting section, a row selection section, a column selection section, a holding section, a pixel data output section, a trigger data output section, and a control section. The control section, when an absolute value of trigger data has changed into a state of being in excess of a first threshold, and then the state has continued for a predetermined time τor more, judges it as a start of a light incidence, and starts a charge accumulating operation for each pixel unit, and when an absolute value of trigger data has changed into a state of being less than a second threshold, and then the state has continued for a predetermined time τor more, judges it as an end of a light incidence, and causes a charge transferring operation and a data outputting operation to be performed for each pixel unit. Accordingly, a solid-state imaging device that can perform accurate imaging even for various applications and light incidence patterns is realized.