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US 11,792,539 B2Granted
Solid-state imaging element, reading device, image processing apparatus, and control method
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsShinji Sakaguchi, Masamoto Nakazawa
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Abstract
A solid-state imaging element includes a pixel section including a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a matrix and to perform photoelectric conversion, and circuitry to perform reading control on pixels in the pixel section, such that reading control is not performed on at least one pixel included in the pixel section.
Claims19
A solid-state imaging element comprising:
- a pixel section including a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a matrix and configured to perform photoelectric conversion;
- and
- circuitry configured to perform reading control on pixels in the pixel section,
- wherein the circuitry is configured not to perform reading control on at least one pixel included in the pixel section by setting control signal lines of the at least one pixel to a predetermined constant level.
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A control method executable by a solid-state imaging element including a pixel section including a plurality of pixels that are arranged in a matrix and configured to perform photoelectric conversion, the method comprising:
- performing reading control on pixels in the pixel section;
- and
- not performing on at least one pixel included in the pixel section by setting control signal lines of the at least one pixel to a predetermined constant level.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.