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US 11,769,776 B2Granted
Imaging apparatus
AssigneeSony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
InventorKozo Hoshino
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of pixel blocks that each includes a plurality of light-receiving pixels including color filters of mutually the same color, the plurality of light-receiving pixels being divided into a plurality of pixel pairs each including two light-receiving pixels; and a plurality of lenses provided at respective positions corresponding to the plurality of pixel pairs.
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An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of pixel blocks including a first pixel block and a second pixel block, each of the plurality pixel blocks including a plurality of light-receiving pixels, all of the light-receiving pixels of the first pixel block including color filters of a first color, all of the light-receiving pixels of the second pixel block including color filters of a second color, the plurality of light-receiving pixels being divided into a plurality of pixel pairs each including two light-receiving pixels, at least the first pixel block including adjacent pixel pairs along a first direction and adjacent pixel pairs along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
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- a plurality of lenses provided at respective positions corresponding to the plurality of pixel pairs, wherein
- the two light-receiving pixels are arranged side by side in a first direction, and
- in each of the plurality of pixel blocks, two of the pixel pairs disposed side by side in a second direction intersecting with the first direction are disposed to be shifted from each other in the first direction.
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An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of pixel blocks, each of the plurality of pixel blocks including a plurality of light-receiving pixels, the plurality of light-receiving pixels being divided into a plurality of pixel pairs each including two light-receiving pixels;
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- a plurality of lenses provided at respective positions corresponding to the plurality of pixel pairs, wherein
- the plurality of pixel blocks includes a first pixel block and a second pixel block,
- all of the light-receiving pixels of the first pixel block include color filters of a first color,
- all of the light-receiving pixels of the second pixel block include color filters of a second color,
- in the first pixel block, a first set of the plurality of light-receiving pixels is arranged in a first arrangement pattern, the first arrangement pattern including adjacent pixel pairs along a first direction and adjacent pixel pairs along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,
- in the second pixel block, a second set of the plurality of light-receiving pixels is arranged in a second arrangement pattern, and
- a number of the plurality of light receiving pixels in the first pixel block is different from a number of the plurality of light receiving pixels in the second pixel block.
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A light detecting device comprising:
- a plurality of pixel blocks including a first pixel block and a second pixel block, each of the plurality pixel blocks include a plurality of light-receiving pixels, all of the light-receiving pixels of the first pixel block including color filters of a first color, all of the light-receiving pixels of the second pixel block including color filters of a second color, the plurality of light-receiving pixels being divided into a plurality of pixel pairs each including two light-receiving pixels, at least the first pixel block includes adjacent pixel pairs along a first direction and adjacent pixel pairs along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
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- a plurality of lenses provided at respective positions corresponding to the plurality of pixel pairs, wherein
- the two light-receiving pixels are arranged side by side in a first direction, and
- in each of the plurality of pixel blocks, two of the pixel pairs disposed side by side in a second direction intersecting with the first direction are disposed to be shifted from each other in the first direction.
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A light detecting device comprising:
- a plurality of pixel blocks, each of the plurality of pixel blocks including a plurality of light-receiving pixels, the plurality of light-receiving pixels being divided into a plurality of pixel pairs each including two light-receiving pixels;
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- a plurality of lenses provided at respective positions corresponding to the plurality of pixel pairs, wherein
- the plurality of pixel blocks includes a first pixel block and a second pixel block,
- all of the light-receiving pixels of the first pixel block include color filters of a first color,
- all of the light-receiving pixels of the second pixel block include color filters of a second color,
- in the first pixel block, a first set of the plurality of light-receiving pixels is arranged in a first arrangement pattern, the first arrangement pattern including adjacent pixel pairs along a first direction and adjacent pixel pairs along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction,
- in the second pixel block, a second set of the plurality of light-receiving pixels is arranged in a second arrangement pattern, and
- a number of the plurality of light receiving pixels in the first pixel block is different from a number of the plurality of light receiving pixels in the second pixel block.
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