IP Library Granted Patent US 12,598,401
Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,401 · App. 18/551,060 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Solid imaging device, electronic device, and method of controlling solid imaging device

Inventor: Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
H04N25/135G06T7/0012H04N25/75G06T2207/30101
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Patent No.
US 12,598,401
App. No.
18/551,060
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
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 (39)

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.

2 . 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.

3 . 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.

4 . 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.

5 . 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.

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.

7 . 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.

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.

9 . 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.

10 . The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined image processing is a white balance adjustment.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2023
From: WATANABE, TSUYOSHI
To: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065049/0973 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63165868 · Mar 25, 2021
Related Publication 20240163574A1 · May 16, 2024
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