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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 13/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G03B 13/36 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H01L 27/14641 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01); H04N 5/335 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01); H04N 9/045 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A solid-state image pickup device including a lens, a first light receiving element, a second light receiving element, and an element separation area. The first light receiving element is configured to receive light from the lens. The second light receiving element is configured to receive light from the lens. The element separation area is between the first light receiving element and the second light receiving element. The lens has an optical axis, which is offset from a center of the element separation area.