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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image sensorincludes: a photoelectric conversion layerincluding a plurality of photosensitive cells; a reflective layerthat reflects light that has been transmitted through the photoelectric conversion layer; a micro lens layerthat includes a plurality of micro lenses that are arranged between the photoelectric conversion layerand the reflective layer; and a transmitted light controlling layerthat is arranged between the photoelectric conversion layerand the reflective layerand that is able to change optical transmittance in accordance with an instruction given by a controller. The micro lens layeris arranged so that light that has been transmitted through one of the photosensitive cells and then reflected from the reflective layeris incident on the same photosensitive cell again.