Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, driving method, and electronic apparatus
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Application No.: US16286385Application Date: 2019-02-26
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Publication No.: US10674100B2Publication Date: 2020-06-02
- Inventor: Isao Hirota
- Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Kanagawa
- Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kanagawa
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@27955342
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335 ; H04N5/355 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/3745 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to an imaging device, a driving method, and an electronic apparatus that can capture an image with a higher dynamic range. The imaging device includes a pixel region in which pixels are arranged, the pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit that converts incident light into electric charges through electric conversion and stores the electric charges, and two or more charge storage units that store the electric charges transferred from the photoelectric conversion unit, and a drive unit that drives the pixels. The drive unit drives each pixel to cause the photoelectric conversion unit to repeatedly transfer electric charges with different exposure times to the two or more charge storage units during the light reception period of one frame. The present technology can be applied to an imaging device capable of capturing an HDR image, for example.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190191113A1 IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-06-20
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