Title:
IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, SENSOR, AND IMAGE CAPTURE CONTROL DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2023/021871
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
In the present invention, the resolution of an image of a subject is adjusted. This image capturing device includes an image capturing element, a resolution selecting unit, and an image signal adding unit. In the image capturing element, pixel blocks are disposed in a two-dimensional matrix, each pixel block being provided with a plurality of pixels for generating an image signal by performing photoelectric conversion of incident light from the subject, and an on-chip lens disposed in common for the plurality of pixels, for condensing the incident light onto the plurality of pixels. The resolution selecting unit selects: a first resolution, which is a resolution corresponding to the size of each pixel; a second resolution, which is a resolution corresponding to the size of each pixel block; and a third resolution, which is a resolution corresponding to the size of a pixel block unit consisting of a plurality of adjacent pixel blocks. The image signal adding unit generates a second image signal by adding the generated image signal in accordance with the selected resolution.
Inventors:
YUFUNE SHUTA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2022/026817
Publication Date:
February 23, 2023
Filing Date:
July 06, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G03B15/00; H01L27/146
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2017126326A1 | 2017-07-27 | |||
| WO2018003502A1 | 2018-01-04 | |||
| WO2019102887A1 | 2019-05-31 |
Foreign References:
| JP2010147816A | 2010-07-01 | |||
| JP2014007454A | 2014-01-16 | |||
| JP2014228671A | 2014-12-08 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SAKAI INTERNATIONAL PATENT OFFICE (JP)
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