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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Tetsuji Nakaseko, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/353 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/378 (2011.01); H04N 5/343 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2353 (2013.01); H04N 5/343 (2013.01); H04N 5/3532 (2013.01); H04N 5/378 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including a pixel portion in which plural pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal and accumulating therein the resulting electrical signal in accordance with an exposure period of time are disposed in a matrix; and a pixel driving portion adapted to control operations of the pixels in rows so as to carry out an electronic shutter operation and a reading operation of the pixel portion.