Patent ID: 11863895
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. An imaging method using an imaging device including a pixel array including first pixels in a first row and second pixels in a second row,
wherein a first period, a third period, and a second period are successive periods in this order in a frame period, the method comprising:
setting the first pixels and the second pixels to a first sensitivity in a first period,
setting the first pixels and the second pixels to a second sensitivity that is less than the first sensitivity in a third period,
setting the first pixels and the second pixels to a first sensitivity in a second period,
in the first period, performing pixel signal readout on the first pixels; and
in the second period, performing pixel signal readout on the second pixels.