Patent ID: 11956559
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging device comprising:
a pixel array including a plurality of light-receiving pixels, the plurality of light-receiving pixels being separated into a plurality of pixel lines and accumulating electric charge corresponding to a light-receiving amount in an accumulation period, the plurality of pixel lines including a first pixel line and a second pixel line arranged in parallel in a first direction;
an exposure controller that sets a time length of the accumulation period in the plurality of light-receiving pixels to one of a plurality of time lengths including a first time length and a second time length in a manner that the plurality of time lengths repeat in predetermined order; and
a processor that generates image data on a basis of an accumulation result in the plurality of light-receiving pixels, wherein
the accumulation period includes a first accumulation period and a second accumulation period each having the first time length, and a third accumulation period and a fourth accumulation period each having the second time length, and
the processor generates the image data by adding a plurality of pixel values based on the accumulation result in the first pixel line in the first accumulation period and a plurality of pixel values based on the accumulation result in the second pixel line in the second accumulation period, and adding a plurality of pixel values based on the accumulation result in the first pixel line in the third accumulation period and a plurality of pixel values based on the accumulation result in the second pixel line in the fourth accumulation period.