Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid state imaging device and imaging apparatus adjusting the spatial positions of pixels after addition by controlling the ratio of weight values during addition
- Patent Title (中): 固态成像装置和成像装置通过控制加法中的重量值的比例来调整加法后像素的空间位置
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Application No.: US12005390Application Date: 2007-12-27
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Publication No.: US08237808B2Publication Date: 2012-08-07
- Inventor: Shizunori Matsumoto , Yasuaki Hisamatsu
- Applicant: Shizunori Matsumoto , Yasuaki Hisamatsu
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Rader Fishman & Grauer, PLLC
- Priority: JP2007-008104 20070117; JP2007-291467 20071109
- Main IPC: H04N5/228
- IPC: H04N5/228

Abstract:
There is provided a solid-state imaging device, which includes: a comparator for sequentially comparing a predetermined level of an analog pixel signal obtained from a plurality of pixels with a reference signal which is gradually changed and used for converting the predetermined level into digital data; a counter for performing a count processing in parallel with a comparison processing for the predetermined level in the comparator, and holding a count value at a time of completing the comparison processing to obtain digital data indicative of a value obtained by adding the plurality of pixel signals; and an addition spatial position adjusting unit for controlling a selection operation for selecting spatial positions of the plurality of pixels to be processed in the comparator and a ratio of a weight value during the addition to adjust spatial positions of pixels after addition.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080170137A1 Solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus Public/Granted day:2008-07-17
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