Patent ID: 11882375
Assignee: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging element including a focus related pixel, which is a pixel that can acquire data related to a focus state of a subject, the imaging element comprising:
a reading circuit that reads out pixel data obtained by imaging the subject at a first frame rate and that is incorporated in the imaging element;
a memory that stores the pixel data read out by the reading circuit and that is incorporated in the imaging element; and
an output circuit that outputs image data based on the pixel data stored in the memory at a second frame rate and that is incorporated in the imaging element,
wherein the first frame rate is a higher frame rate than the second frame rate,
wherein the pixel data includes focus related pixel data, which is data related to the focus state, and non-focus related pixel data different from the focus related pixel data, and
wherein the reading circuit reads out the pixel data of each of a plurality of frames in parallel within an output period defined by the second frame rate as a period in which the image data of one frame is output, and performs reading of the non-focus related pixel data and a plurality of readings of the focus related pixel data within the output period.