Patent ID: 11895412
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. An imaging method, comprising:
receiving, by a plurality of pixels, reflected light from a target region by a plurality of pixels, wherein
the plurality of pixels is in a matrix arrangement,
each pixel of the plurality of pixels includes:
a light receiving element, and
a first accumulation part and a second accumulation part;

accumulating, by the first accumulation part and the second accumulation part, a charge based on the reflected light;
outputting, by the light receiving element, an electric signal based on the charge being accumulated in the first accumulation part and the second charge accumulation parts; and
executing, by a control part, switching control of the first accumulation part and the second charge accumulation part by switching frequencies for each pixel region, wherein
the switching frequencies are different from each other,
the execution of the switching control of the first accumulation part and the second charge accumulation part is based on a determination result of a region of interest of the imaging frame,
the switching control of the first accumulation part and second charge accumulation part is between the region of interest and a region different from the region of interest,
the determination result of the region of interest of the imaging frame is supplied from an external device,
each pixel region is constituted of a pixel group,
the pixel group is of at least one part of an imaging frame, and
the pixel group comprises the plurality of pixels.