Solid-state imaging device and method for driving the same
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorYoshiharu Kudoh
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Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixel cells, each of which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, is arranged, and an adder for performing an addition operation on a plurality of signals output from the photoelectric conversion elements of the pixel array in a predetermined combination of the photoelectric conversion elements, while setting between the signals to be added a ratio determined according to the arrangement of the photoelectric conversion elements.
Claims12
A solid-state imaging device comprising:
- a pixel array in which a plurality of pixel cells, each of which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, is arranged;
- and
- an adder which performs an addition operation on a plurality of signals output from the photoelectric conversion elements of the pixel array in a predetermined combination of the photoelectric conversion elements, while setting between the signals to be added a ratio determined according to the arrangement of the photoelectric conversion elements.
A solid-state imaging device comprising:
- a pixel array in which a plurality of pixel cells, each of which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, is arranged;
- and
- a controller for controlling exposure times on the photoelectric conversion elements using a ratio determined according to the arrangement of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, when an addition operation is performed on a plurality of signals output from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in the pixel array in a predetermined combination.
A driving method for a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array in which a plurality of pixel cells, each of which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, is arranged, and an adder for performing an addition operation on a plurality of signals output from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in the pixel array in a predetermined combination, the method comprising the step of:
- causing the adder to perform the addition operation on the plurality of signals using a ratio determined according to the arrangement of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements.
A driving method for a solid-state imaging device including a pixel array in which a plurality of pixel cells, each of which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, is arranged, and a controller for controlling exposure times on the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in the pixel array, the method comprising the step of:
- causing the controller to control the exposure times using a ratio determined according to the arrangement of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, when an addition operation is performed on a plurality of signals output from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements in the pixel array in a predetermined combination.
A camera comprising:
- an imaging portion including a pixel array in which a plurality of pixel cells, each of which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, is arranged and an adder which performs an addition operation on a plurality of signals output from the photoelectric conversion elements of the pixel array in a predetermined combination of the photoelectric conversion elements, while setting between the signals to be added a ratio determined according to the arrangement of the photoelectric conversion elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.