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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kyoko Izuha, Kanagawa, JP;
Kouichi Harada, Kanagawa, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A solid-state image capturing device including: a semiconductor substrate having a photosensitive surface including a matrix of pixels as respective photoelectric converters; and a photochromic film disposed in a light path through which light is applied to each of the photoelectric converters, the photochromic film being made of a photochromic material having a light transmittance variable depending on the intensity of applied light in a predetermined wavelength range; wherein the light transmittance has a half-value period shorter than one frame during which pixel signals generated by the pixels are read from all the pixels.