Title:
SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/034027
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In order to obtain image information about gradation expression ability (i.e., dynamic range) that exceeds the bit resolution of an installed A/D converter in an imaging device that captures images of image data, this solid-state imaging element comprises a pixel array unit and a statistical processing unit. In the pixel array unit in this solid-state imaging element, a plurality of pixels that each generate a pixel signal are arranged in a two-dimensional lattice shape. In this solid-state imaging element, the statistical processing unit obtains, as a signal value for each of the plurality of pixels, a statistical amount indicating the degree of variation in the pixel signal for each of the plurality of pixels within the pixel array unit.
Inventors:
SEYAMA SHIGERU (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2017/017665
Publication Date:
February 22, 2018
Filing Date:
May 10, 2017
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04N5/369; H04N5/374
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2016006336A1 | 2016-01-14 |
Foreign References:
| JP2003244729A | 2003-08-29 | |||
| JP2015201834A | 2015-11-12 | |||
| JP2009021810A | 2009-01-29 | |||
| JP2015035796A | 2015-02-19 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
MARUSHIMA, Toshikazu (JP)
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