Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor, imaging control method, signal processing method, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US15326259Application Date: 2015-07-10
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Publication No.: US10171750B2Publication Date: 2019-01-01
- Inventor: Taro Sugizaki , Go Yamanaka , Daisuke Yoshioka , Toru Nishi , Yousuke Horie , Takesi Kozasa , Keneki Go , Norihiro Ichimaru , Naoki Hosoi
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JP2014-151702 20140725
- International Application: PCT/JP2015/069829 WO 20150710
- International Announcement: WO2016/013412 WO 20160128
- Main IPC: H04N5/243
- IPC: H04N5/243 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/357 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/369 ; H04N5/378 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N9/07

Abstract:
The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor, an imaging control method, a signal processing method, and an electronic apparatus that suppress the deterioration of image quality, which is caused by the difference of sensitivity between pixels. A solid-state image sensor includes: a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixels arranged, the plurality of pixels including a plurality of kinds of pixels, the plurality of kinds of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel having the highest sensitivity, the second pixel having a sensitivity lower than the sensitivity of the first pixel; and a control unit that controls at least one of an analog gain and exposure time of/for the respective pixels depending on a ratio between the sensitivities of the first pixel and the second pixel. The present technology is applicable to a solid-state image sensor such as a CMOS image sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170201693A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2017-07-13
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