Patent ID: 11889207
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A solid-state imaging element, comprising:
a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional lattice pattern, wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes
a photoelectric conversion element that generates a charge by photoelectric conversion;
a charge holding portion that holds the charge;
an internal transfer transistor that internally transfers the charge from the photoelectric conversion element to the charge holding portion; and
a specific number of external transfer transistors that externally transfer the charge from the photoelectric conversion element to surrounding pixels among the plurality of pixels;

a coefficient holding unit that holds a specific weighting coefficient correlated with each of a pixel of interest among the plurality of pixels and a specific number of adjacent pixels adjacent to the pixel of interest; and
a scanning circuit configured to control so that the adjacent pixel generates an amount of charge corresponding to the weighting coefficient correlated with the adjacent pixel and transfers the charge to the pixel of interest and performs control so that the pixel of interest generates an amount of charge corresponding to the weighting coefficient correlated with the pixel of interest and accumulates the charge together with the transferred charge.