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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
May. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichi Sano, Tokyo, JP;
Masayuki Tachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/355 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); H04N 5/3696 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a signal processor including a phase difference detection part configured to acquire a pixel value of one light-shielding pixel having a part of a light-receiving region shielded therein and pixel values of a peripheral pixel row of the light-shielding pixel in a light shielding direction. A corrected pixel value obtained by subjecting the pixel value of the light-shielding pixel to a reduced sensitivity correction is compared with the pixel values of the peripheral pixel row to detect a phase difference of the light-shielding pixel.