Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and image capture apparatus
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Application No.: US16114733Application Date: 2018-08-28
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Publication No.: US11115612B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Hirokazu Kobayashi , Satoshi Suzuki , Satoshi Kumaki
- Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.
- Priority: JPJP2017-167639 20170831,JPJP2018-134479 20180717
- Main IPC: H04N5/369
- IPC: H04N5/369 ; H04N5/376 ; G06T7/521 ; H04N5/3745 ; H04N5/341 ; H04N5/343 ; G01S7/4863 ; G01S17/894 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/06 ; H01L31/107 ; H04N5/378

Abstract:
A solid-state image sensor and an image capture apparatus are provided that can realize image acquisition and distance measurement while restraining the circuit scale from increasing. The solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of pixels each including a sensor unit that generates a pulse with a frequency that is based on a reception frequency of a photon, and a counter that can operate in a first mode of counting the number of pulses of a signal generated by the sensor unit, and a second mode of counting the number of pulses of a predetermined signal that is based on an elapsed time from a timing at which light is emitted from a light emitting unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190068908A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2019-02-28
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