IP Library Granted Patent US 9,723,234
Granted Patent B2
US 9,723,234 · App. 15/171,454 · Granted Aug 1, 2017

Solid-state imaging device, solid-state imaging method, and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Kazuhide Fujita (Kanagawa, JP); Kentaro Okamura (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H04N5/367H04N5/2173H04N5/2355H04N5/35554
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Patent No.
US 9,723,234
App. No.
15/171,454
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array and a pixel value correcting unit. The pixel array includes a plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels each having one of a different exposure time and a different exposure sensitivity and being disposed according to a predetermined rule. The pixel value correcting unit is configured to correct, among pixel values obtained from the plurality of pixels in the pixel array, a pixel value of a pixel of the plurality of pixels that applies to a preset condition, by using a pixel value of another pixel of the plurality of pixels.

Claims (21)

1. An imaging device, comprising:

a pixel array including first pixels and second pixels, the first pixels having a first exposure time and the second pixels having a second exposure time,

wherein the second exposure time is shorter than the first exposure time,

wherein a first line of the pixel array includes a first pixel set having an uninterrupted sequence of one first pixel and three second pixels in a row, and

wherein a second line of the pixel array includes a second pixel set having an uninterrupted sequence of one second pixel and three first pixels in a row.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a pixel value correcting unit configured to correct a pixel value of a pixel of the first pixels by using a pixel value of another pixel of the first pixels.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the one first pixel of the first pixel set is in a first column of the pixel array, and wherein the one second pixel of the second pixel set is in a second column of the pixel array.

4. The imaging device according to claim 3 , wherein a third line of the pixel array includes a third pixel set having one first pixel and three second pixels in a row.

5. The imaging device according to claim 4 , wherein the one first pixel of the third pixel set is in a third column of the pixel array.

6. The imaging device according to claim 5 , wherein the one first pixel of the first pixel set has a first color, and wherein the one first pixel of the third pixel set has the first color.

7. The imaging device according to claim 6 , wherein the three first pixels of the second pixel set do not have the first color.

8. The imaging device according to claim 7 , wherein the three second pixels of the first pixel set have the first color or a second color.

9. The imaging device according to claim 8 , wherein the three first pixels of the second pixel set have the second color or a third color.

10. The imaging device according to claim 9 , wherein the one second pixel of the second pixel set has the third color.

11. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein one of the second pixels of the first pixel set is adjacent to the one second pixel of the second pixel set.

12. The imaging device according to claim 3 , wherein the second column is adjacent to the first column.

13. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the one first pixel of the first pixel set has a first color, and wherein the three first pixels of the second pixel set do not have the first color.

14. The imaging device according to claim 13 , wherein the three second pixels of the first pixel set have the first color or a second color.

15. The imaging device according to claim 14 , wherein the three first pixels of the second pixel set have the second color or a third color.

16. The imaging device according to claim 15 , wherein the one second pixel of the second pixel set has the third color.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2017
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043293/0649 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-145913 · Jul 11, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14323532 · Jul 3, 2014
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