Title:
SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING APPARATUS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/125785
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device comprises a plurality of pixel blocks arranged in a matrix, each of the pixel blocks including a plurality of pixels that generate a charge in response to input light; a control unit including a vertical scanning unit and a horizontal scanning unit; and a plurality of analog-to-digital converters, each of the analog-to-digital converters disposed corresponding to pixel blocks. The control unit is configured to sequentially scan the pixels at a timing so that adjacent pixels which are located on a boundary of adjacent pixel blocks are scanned simultaneously.
Inventors:
MABUCHI KEIJI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/000555
Publication Date:
August 21, 2014
Filing Date:
February 03, 2014
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04N5/341; H04N5/376; H04N5/378
Foreign References:
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| JP2003032556A | 2003-01-31 | |||
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
INAMOTO, Yoshio et al. (5-25 Nishi-Shinjuku 7-chome, Shinjuku-k, Tokyo 23, JP)
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