Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging device, camera, and imaging method
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Application No.: US16416197Application Date: 2019-05-18
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Publication No.: US10951842B2Publication Date: 2021-03-16
- Inventor: Takeo Minami
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2016-254545 20161227
- Main IPC: H04N5/355
- IPC: H04N5/355 ; H04N5/235 ; H04N5/243 ; H04N5/374 ; H04N9/31 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/353

Abstract:
An imaging device includes: a solid-state imaging element that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns and configured to be read out nondestructively; and an image processor that performs image processing on a current image using an analysis result of a suitable image. The suitable image is obtained from the solid-state imaging element when an amount of signal charge accumulated in the plurality of pixels is greater than or equal to a first threshold that is predetermined, and the current image is obtained from the solid-state imaging element after a first exposure corresponding to conditions of image capturing.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190273878A1 IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA, AND IMAGING METHOD Public/Granted day:2019-09-05
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