摘要:
The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device and an electronic apparatus by which a phase-difference detection pixel that avoids defects such as lowering of sensitivity to incident light and lowering of phase-difference detection accuracy can be realized. A solid-state image pickup device as a first aspect of the present disclosure is a solid-state image pickup device in which a normal pixel that generates a pixel signal of an image and a phase-difference detection pixel that generates a pixel signal used in calculation of a phase-difference signal for controlling an image-surface phase difference AF function are arranged in a mixed manner, in which, in the phase-difference detection pixel, a shared on-chip lens for condensing incident light to a photoelectric converter that generates a pixel signal used in calculation of the phase-difference signal is formed for every plurality of adjacent phase-difference detection pixels. The present disclosure is applicable to a backside illumination CMOS image sensor and an electronic apparatus equipped with the same.
摘要:
There is provided an image pickup apparatus that has a mixture readout mode configured to mix and read outputs of a plurality of pixels in an image sensor (107), when pixels to be mixed are image pickup pixels, they are mixed. When the pixels to be mixed contain a focus detection pixel, a signal of the image pickup pixel is not mixed with a signal of the focus detection pixel.
摘要:
An imaging and pulse detection (IPD) pixel array includes a plurality of imaging pixels (102) arranged in a plurality of rows and columns. Each imaging pixel includes a respective photodetector (108) that outputs signals in response to incident light and input laser pulses. The signals include imaging signals that correspond to the incident light and pulse signals that correspond to the input laser pulses. The IPD array further includes an isolation circuit (104) associated with each of the respective imaging pixels, each isolation circuit outputting filtered output pulse signals in response to receiving the signals from the associated imaging pixel, the filtered output pulse signals corresponding to the pulse signals. The IPD array further includes a single pulse detection circuit (106) that toggles between a charged and uncharged state corresponding to a pulse being received from at least one of the isolation circuits.
摘要:
Methods and apparatuses are provided for obtaining an image by an electronic device. A first image for an object is obtained from a first image sensor of the electronic device. Information regarding a focusing state is determined with respect to the object based on the first image. The second image sensor of the electronic device is focused on the object based on the information regarding the focusing state. A second image for the object is obtained through the second image sensor.
摘要:
A system for calibrating a color sensing pixel based upon the distance between the color sensing pixel and an object. The distance is determined by measuring the phase shift of electromagnetic radiation as reflected from the surface of the object compared with the wave profile of the electromagnetic radiation incident on the object surface. The color sensing pixel is associated with a Time-of-Flight (ToF) pixel which is employed to determine the distance of the color sensing pixel. The electromagnetic radiation can be from any part of the electromagnetic spectrum, in particular the infrared and visible light portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. The color sensing pixel and the ToF pixel can reside on the same semiconductor or on disparate semiconductors.
摘要:
Provided are an image sensor and an imaging device capable of quick focus detection even in a largely-defocused state while ensuring an image quality performance. An image sensor 21 includes a plurality of imaging pixels, a plurality of focus detecting pixels (RL-pixels, TB-pixels, T2-pixels, and B2-pixels) in which opening positions are shifted from those of these imaging pixels, and a plurality of color filters arranged corresponding to the imaging pixels and the focus detecting pixels. Further, in this image sensor 21, first focus detecting pixels (TB-pixels) in which opening positions are shifted in a first direction (longitudinal direction) are arranged at positions corresponding to first color filters of the imaging pixels (blue or red color filters), and second focus detecting pixels (T2-pixels and B2-pixels) in which opening positions are shifted in the first direction and which have opening ratios different from those of the first focus detecting pixels are arranged at positions corresponding to the first color filters.
摘要:
Top and bottom opening pixel lines are arranged for focus detection in addition to right and left opening pixel lines, and image quality and AF performance are caused to coexist with each other in mixing readout. In an image sensor that has a plurality of imaging pixels and a plurality of focus detecting pixels (RL-pixels and TB-pixels) in which opening positions of light receiving parts are shifted from those of the imaging pixels, first focus detecting pixels (R-pixels and L-pixels) in which the opening positions are shifted in a first direction are arranged in a first pixel pitch at positions corresponding to first color filters for the imaging pixels, and second focus detecting pixels (T-pixels and B-pixels) in which openings are shifted in a second direction different from the first direction are arranged in a second pixel pitch at positions corresponding to second color filters for the imaging pixels different from the first color filters.