IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING SYSTEM
    1.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180139400A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-17

    申请号:US15799251

    申请日:2017-10-31

    IPC分类号: H04N5/359 H04N5/378

    摘要: Provided is an imaging apparatus including a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels comprising a photoelectric conversion portion. The pixel array includes a first pixel configured to output an imaging signal in accordance with an incident light and a second pixel configured to output a correction signal used for correcting the imaging signal. The second pixel outputs the correction signal after performing a first reset performed in a state where a first bias voltage is applied to the photoelectric conversion portion of the second pixel and a second reset performed in a state where a second bias voltage that is different from the first bias voltage is applied to the photoelectric conversion portion.

    DRIVING METHOD FOR AN IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS
    3.
    发明申请
    DRIVING METHOD FOR AN IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS 有权
    图像拾取装置的驱动方法

    公开(公告)号:US20160344968A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-11-24

    申请号:US15082860

    申请日:2016-03-28

    IPC分类号: H04N5/376 H04N5/378

    CPC分类号: H04N5/3765 H04N5/3696

    摘要: A driving method for an image pickup apparatus includes accumulating a signal generated during a first charge accumulation period by a first sub pixel, accumulating a signal generated during a second charge accumulation period partially overlapped with the first charge accumulation period by a second sub pixel, and controlling column circuits such that, after processing of the signal generated during the first charge accumulation period is performed, processing of the signal is performed which is generated during the second charge accumulation period of the second sub pixel included in the pixel where the signal processing of the first sub pixel is performed, and the column circuits are put into a non-operating state during at least part of a period after the processing of the signal generated during the first charge accumulation period is ended until the second charge accumulation period is ended.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于图像拾取装置的驱动方法包括:在第一电荷累积期间产生的信号由第一子像素累积,在与第一电荷累积期间部分重叠的第二电荷累积期间产生的信号由第二子像素累积;以及 控制列电路,使得在执行在第一电荷累积期间产生的信号的处理之后,执行信号的处理,其是在包括在像素中的第二子像素的第二电荷累积周期期间产生的,其中信号处理 执行第一子像素,并且在第一电荷累积期间产生的信号的处理结束直到第二电荷累积期结束为止的期间的至少一部分期间,列电路处于非工作状态。

    Photoelectric conversion device and method of driving photoelectric conversion device

    公开(公告)号:US11489999B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-01

    申请号:US17319392

    申请日:2021-05-13

    发明人: Kei Ochiai

    IPC分类号: H04N5/232

    摘要: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel region where pixels are arranged to form rows and columns, and a pixel control circuit that supplies control signals to the pixels. The pixel region includes first to fourth regions, a first pixel in the first region and a second pixel in the second region are arranged on different columns on a first row, a third pixel in the third region and a fourth pixel in the fourth region are arranged on different rows on a first column, and the first row on which the first and second pixels are arranged is arranged between rows on which the third and fourth pixels are arranged. The pixel control circuit simultaneously reads out pixel signals of the first and second pixels in a first period and simultaneously reads out pixel signals of the third and fourth pixels in a second period.

    Imaging device, imaging system, and mobile object

    公开(公告)号:US10477131B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15462624

    申请日:2017-03-17

    摘要: A photoelectric conversion device includes a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes an amplification transistor that has an input node configured to receive electric charge generated through photoelectric conversion, a reset transistor, and a capacitance control unit. In a state where the reset transistor is off, the capacitance control unit switches a capacitance of the input node from a first capacitance value to a second capacitance value, which is greater than the first capacitance value. Subsequently, the reset transistor is controlled from off to on in a state where the capacitance of the input node has been controlled to the second capacitance value. After the reset operation, the amplification transistor outputs a pixel signal in a state where the capacitance of the input node is the first capacitance value.

    SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180184031A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-28

    申请号:US15832038

    申请日:2017-12-05

    摘要: Provided is an imaging device including a pixel array including pixels; a readout circuit that reads out signals from the pixels; a temperature sensor that outputs a signal in accordance with a temperature; and a current control circuit that controls a current supplied to the temperature sensor. The current control circuit performs control in a first period such that a predetermined current is supplied to the temperature sensor, and performs control in a second period such that a current supplied to the temperature sensor becomes smaller than the predetermined current or stops. The first period is set in a first blanking period between a process in which the first readout circuit reads out one frame of signals output from the pixels and a process in which the first readout circuit reads out next one frame of signals output from the pixels.

    Semiconductor apparatus, image capturing apparatus, image capturing system, and moving object

    公开(公告)号:US11953541B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-09

    申请号:US17003056

    申请日:2020-08-26

    发明人: Kei Ochiai

    摘要: A semiconductor apparatus includes a semiconductor device that performs signal processing, a driving control unit that controls drive of the semiconductor device, and a lifetime obtaining unit that obtains remaining lifetime information that represents a remaining lifetime of the semiconductor device. In a case where the remaining lifetime information represents a first length, the driving control unit drives the semiconductor device in a first condition. In a case where the remaining lifetime information represents a second length shorter than the first length, the driving control unit drives the semiconductor device in a second condition in which throughput of the signal processing is lower than that in a case where the semiconductor device is driven in the first condition, and the remaining lifetime of the semiconductor device is longer than that in the case where the semiconductor device is driven in the first condition.

    PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, MOVING BODY

    公开(公告)号:US20220247966A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-04

    申请号:US17591496

    申请日:2022-02-02

    摘要: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first substrate including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels, a second substrate layered on the first substrate and including an AD conversion portion including a plurality of AD conversion circuits configured to convert a signal output from the first substrate into a digital signal, wherein the second substrate further includes a plurality of signal processing units including a first signal processing unit and a second signal processing unit both configured to perform machine learning processing, wherein each of a plurality of sets includes a plurality of AD conversion circuits that differ between the plurality of sets, wherein the first signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to one of the plurality of sets, and wherein the second signal processing unit is arranged to correspond to another one of the plurality of sets.