Title:
撮像素子およびそれを有する電子機器
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP7169751
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image sensor with a simple configuration that generates an image to which a filter has been applied is disclosed. An image sensor comprises a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter that detects incidence of single photons; and a counter that counts pulses present in an output signal from the photoelectric converter. The image sensor outputs a count value as a pixel value, wherein the count value is obtained by counting the pulses present in the output signals from a plurality of the photoelectric converters in a first period, or by counting the pulses present in the output signal from a single photoelectric converter in the first period and a second period.
Inventors:
Yoshiaki Miyamoto
Nobuhiro Takeda
Yuji Tanaka
Nobuhiro Takeda
Yuji Tanaka
Application Number:
JP2018048395A
Publication Date:
November 11, 2022
Filing Date:
March 15, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Canon Inc
International Classes:
H04N5/3745; H01L27/146; H04N5/341; H04N5/374; H04N5/378
Domestic Patent References:
| JP2016223952A | ||||
| JP2006033452A | ||||
| JP2011071958A |
Foreign References:
| WO2017132600A1 | ||||
| US20130300838 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Patent Attorney Corporation Otsuka International Patent Office