US 2018/0295309 A1 · IMAGING DEVICE

Abstract

An imaging element comprising: an imaging unit that has: a plurality of groups each including at least one pixel; and a plurality of signal readout units that are each provided to each of the groups and read out a signal from the pixel; and a control unit that controls the signal readout unit in at least one group among the plurality of groups is provided. Each of the plurality of groups may include a plurality of the pixels. The control unit may select at least one group among the plurality of groups and control the signal readout unit by using a control parameter that is different from a control parameter that is used for another group among the plurality of groups.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An imaging sensor comprising:

an imaging unit that has a first area including a plurality of pixels placed in a first direction and a second direction that intersects with the first direction and a second area including a plurality of pixels placed in the first direction and the second direction;
a first output line that outputs a signal from the plurality of pixels included in the first area;
and
a second output line that outputs a signal from the plurality of pixels included in the second area.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/003,536Filed 8 Jun 2018

Priority

JP 2012-10531612 May 2012

Published

11 Oct 2018

Term ends

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Classification13 codes

H04N 25/77
Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors: pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components
H04N 23/73
Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene: by influencing the exposure time
H04N 25/443
By partially reading an SSIS array: by reading pixels from selected two-dimensional [2D] regions of the array, e.g. for windowing or digital zooming
H04N 25/533
Control of the integration time: by using differing integration times for different sensor regions

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Abstract

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