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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2009
Applicants:
Hiroshi Iwasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Ogata, Nagasaki, JP;
Inventors:
Hiroshi Iwasa, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Ogata, Nagasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H01L 27/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/347 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/378 (2013.01); H04N 5/23232 (2013.01); H04N 5/347 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup device includes: comparators; counters; and a control portion for carrying out control such that in an addition mode, the two comparators and the two counters corresponding to the two pixel columns, respectively, are set as a unit, and pixel signals are added in a horizontal direction within column processing circuitry. A reduction in power consumption is achieved and the frame rate is enhanced.