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US 2012/0268630 A1Published application
Solid-state imaging device, imaging method and imaging apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsRyo Ueda, Yoshinori Muramatsu, Atsushi Suzuki
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Abstract
A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array unit having plural pixels arranged in a row direction and a column direction; a weighted addition unit performing weighted addition on pixel signals read out from the plural pixels as analog signals; an A/D converter performing A/D conversion of the pixel signals on which weighted addition is performed; and a computing unit computing the A/D converted pixel signals.
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A solid-state imaging device comprising:
- a pixel array unit having plural pixels arranged in a row direction and a column direction;
- a weighted addition unit performing weighted addition on pixel signals read out from the plural pixels as analog signals;
- an A/D converter performing A/D conversion of the pixel signals on which weighted addition is performed;
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- a computing unit computing the A/D converted pixel signals.
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An imaging method comprising:
- performing weighted addition on pixel signals read out from plural pixels arranged in a row direction and in a column direction in a pixel array unit as analog signals;
- performing A/D conversion of the pixel signals on which the weighted addition is performed;
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- computing the A/D converted pixel signals.
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An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a solid-state imaging device performing photoelectric conversion of light from a lens;
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- a display unit displaying images based on image signals from the solid-state imaging device,
- wherein the solid-state imaging device includes
- a pixel array unit having plural pixels arranged in a row direction and a column direction,
- a weighted addition unit performing weighted addition on pixel signals read out from the plural pixels as analog signals,
- an A/D converter performing A/D conversion of the pixel signals on which weighted addition is performed, and
- a computing unit computing the A/D converted pixel signals.
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