Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor, imaging device, and method of controlling solid-state image sensor
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Application No.: US16964059Application Date: 2018-12-14
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Publication No.: US11330202B2Publication Date: 2022-05-10
- Inventor: Yasuhisa Tochigi , Takafumi Takatsuka , Hongbo Zhu
- 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: JPJP2018-017018 20180202
- International Application: PCT/JP2018/046044 WO 20181214
- International Announcement: WO2019/150785 WO 20190808
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/3745

Abstract:
To reduce power consumption in a solid-state image sensor that measures a time. The solid-state image sensor includes a count unit, a count control unit, a clock unit, and an estimation unit. The count unit counts the number of times a photon has been incident within a predetermined exposure period, and outputs a count value. The count control unit performs control to stop the count unit and performs a request of time information in a case where the count value has reached a predetermined value before the predetermined exposure period elapses. The clock unit measures a time and outputs the time information in response to the request. The estimation unit estimates the number of incident times of a photon within the predetermined exposure period on the basis of the output time information.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210051279A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR Public/Granted day:2021-02-18
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