# US 12,598,401 B2 · Solid imaging device, electronic device, and method of controlling solid imaging device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,598,401 B2 - Document ID: US12598401B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/551,060 - Filed: 2022-03-08 - Published: 2024-05-16 - Granted: 2026-04-07 - Earliest claimed: 2021-03-25 - Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Tsuyoshi Watanabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12598401B2 ## CPC - H04N 25/135: {based on four or more different wavelength filter elements} - G06T 7/0012: {Biomedical image inspection} - H04N 23/12: with one sensor only - H04N 25/75: Circuitry for providing, modifying or processing image signals from the pixel array - G06T 2207/30048: Heart; Cardiac - G06T 2207/30061: Lung - G06T 2207/30101: Blood vessel; Artery; Vein; Vascular - G06T 2207/30104: Vascular flow; Blood flow; Perfusion - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL ## Abstract A cost increase is controlled. A solid imaging device according to an embodiment includes: an imaging section (101) that obtains first image data including four or more colors; and a converting section (104) that reduces the number of colors of the first image data obtained by the imaging section and generates second image data having a smaller number of colors than the first image data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A solid imaging device including: an imaging section that obtains first image data including four or more visible colors; a converting section that reduces a number of colors of the first image data obtained by the imaging section and generates second image data having a smaller number of colors than the first image data; and a processing section that executes predetermined processing on the first image data, wherein the processing section estimates a color temperature based upon all of the four or more visible colors of the first image data. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The solid imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the imaging section includes a first pixel that photoelectrically converts light of a red wavelength component, a second pixel that photoelectrically converts light of a green wavelength component, a third pixel that photoelectrically converts light of a blue wavelength component, and a fourth pixel that photoelectrically converts light of a wavelength component different from those of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The solid imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the processing section is an extracting section that extracts a specific wavelength component from the first image data and generates third image data. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The solid imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the four or more visible colors of the first image data are red, green, blue and white. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The solid imaging device according to claim 1, wherein the four or more visible colors of the first image data are red, green, blue and another color different from red, green and blue. ### Claim 6 An electronic device comprising: a solid imaging device including: an imaging section that obtains first image data including four or more colors, a converting section that reduces a number of colors of the first image data obtained by the imaging section and generates second image data having a smaller number of colors than the first image data, and a processing section that executes predetermined processing on the first image data; and a processor that process image data output from the solid imaging device, wherein the processing section is an extracting section that extracts a specific wavelength component from the first image data and generates third image data, and the processor includes an obtaining section that obtains vital information of a user on a basis of the third image data generated by the extracting section. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electronic device according to claim 6, wherein the vital information includes at least one of a heart rate, a respiratory rate, a body temperature, and a blood pressure of the user. ### Claim 8 An electronic device comprising: a solid imaging device including: an imaging section that obtains first image data including four or more colors, a converting section that reduces a number of colors of the first image data obtained by the imaging section and generates second image data having a smaller number of colors than the first image data, and a processing section that executes predetermined processing on the first image data; and a processor that process image data output from the solid imaging device, wherein the processor includes an image processing section that executes predetermined image processing on the second image data on a basis of a result of the processing by the processing section, the processing section is an estimating section that estimates a color temperature from the first image data, and the image processing section executes the predetermined image processing on the second image data on a basis of the color temperature estimated by the estimating section. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the processing section is an extracting section that extracts a specific wavelength component from the first image data and generates third image data, and the processor further includes an estimating section that estimates a color temperature from the third image data generated by the extracting section, and the image processing section executes the predetermined image processing on the second image data on a basis of color temperature information estimated by the estimating section. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electronic device according to claim 8, wherein the predetermined image processing is a white balance adjustment.