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US09055247B2 Imaging device and camera system including sense circuits to make binary decision
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成像装置和相机系统包括感应电路进行二进制决定
- Patent Title: Imaging device and camera system including sense circuits to make binary decision
- Patent Title (中): 成像装置和相机系统包括感应电路进行二进制决定
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Application No.: US14470516Application Date: 2014-08-27
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Publication No.: US09055247B2Publication Date: 2015-06-09
- Inventor: Toshiyuki Nishihara
- Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2009-197986 20090828; JP2010-092076 20100413
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335 ; H04N5/357 ; G01J1/44 ; H01L27/146 ; H04N5/353 ; H04N5/359 ; H04N5/361 ; H04N5/365 ; H04N5/3745 ; H01L27/148

Abstract:
An imaging device includes: a pixel array section having an array of pixels, each of which has a photoelectric converting device and outputs an electric signal according to an input photon; a sense circuit section having a plurality of sensor circuits each of which makes binary decision on whether there is a photon input to a pixel in a predetermined period upon reception of the electric signal therefrom; and a decision result IC section which integrates decision results from the sense circuits, pixel by pixel or for each group of pixels, multiple times to generate imaged data with a gradation, the decision result IC section including a count circuit which performs a count process to integrate the decision results from the sense circuits, and a memory for storing a counting result for each pixel from the count circuit, the sense circuits sharing the count circuit for integrating the decision results.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140368704A1 IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM INCLUDING SENSE CIRCUITS TO MAKE BINARY DECISION Public/Granted day:2014-12-18
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