Patent ID: 11877074
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A light detecting device comprising:
a pixel set including:
first through ninth pixels arranged in a three-by-three matrix in a plan view, each of the first through ninth pixels including two photoelectric conversion parts,
the first through ninth pixels are configured to produce pixel signals corresponding to light in a same range of wavelengths, and
a first charge holding part coupled to the two photoelectric conversion parts of all of the first through ninth pixels in the pixel set, wherein
a first subset of the first through ninth pixels is arranged to be set at a first exposure time,
a second subset of the first through ninth pixels is arranged to be set at a second exposure time that is shorter than the first exposure time, and
a third subset of the first through ninth pixels is arranged to be set at a third exposure time that is shorter than the second exposure time.