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

Claim 10:
11. An imaging device, 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;
an actuator configured to change positions of the plurality of pixels to positions different from specific initial positions in pixels units; and
a scanning circuit configured to control so that each of the plurality of pixels at the initial positions generates an amount of charge corresponding to the weighting coefficient corresponding to the pixel of interest and performs control so that, each time the position of the pixel array unit is changed, an amount of charge corresponding to the weighting coefficient corresponding to the adjacent pixel related to the changed position is generated.