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US08208053B2 Imaging device, camera, control method for imaging device, and computer program
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成像设备,相机,成像设备的控制方法和计算机程序
- Patent Title: Imaging device, camera, control method for imaging device, and computer program
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备,相机,成像设备的控制方法和计算机程序
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Application No.: US12457680Application Date: 2009-06-18
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Publication No.: US08208053B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: Toshiyuki Nishihara
- Applicant: Toshiyuki Nishihara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rader Fishman & Grauer, PLLC
- Priority: JP2008-178964 20080709
- Main IPC: H04N9/64
- IPC: H04N9/64 ; H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
An imaging device includes: plural pixel blocks with a predetermined number of pixel circuits of respective plural blocks set as one unit, the plural blocks being obtained by dividing a pixel area formed by arraying plural pixel circuits, which convert incident light into charges according to photoelectric conversion, in a matrix shape; and a selection control unit that selects desired ones of the pixel blocks and collectively executes reset control for discharging charges accumulated by the respective pixel circuits in the selected pixel blocks, wherein the selection control unit changes timing for executing the reset control for each of the selected pixel blocks and allocates different charge accumulating times to the pixel circuits.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100007780A1 Imaging device, camera, control method for imaging device, and computer program Public/Granted day:2010-01-14
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