Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method, and imaging device
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Application No.: US17056335Application Date: 2019-02-13
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Publication No.: US11297252B2Publication Date: 2022-04-05
- Inventor: Shun Kaizu
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Chip Law Group
- Priority: JPJP2018-098567 20180523
- International Application: PCT/JP2019/005039 WO 20190213
- International Announcement: WO2019/225071 WO 20191128
- Main IPC: H04N5/235
- IPC: H04N5/235

Abstract:
A signal processing apparatus and a signal processing method that process a signal to control exposure timing of an image sensor, and an imaging device are provided. The signal processing apparatus includes a first adjustment unit that adjusts exposure density in an exposure period, and a second adjustment unit that adjusts a start time and an end time of exposure in a frame period, and provides a control signal to control exposure timing by the exposure density between the start time and the end time, to an image sensor including a mechanism to accumulate photoelectrically converted charge a plurality of times separately and then AD-convert and read out total charge, to allow acquisition of a flicker-free high dynamic range image.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210227116A1 SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-07-22
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