Patent ID: 11910108
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 5:
6. The light detecting device according to claim 4, wherein
the first pixel block is configured to output, to the arbitrator, a request for arbitration of a reading order for the first row to which the first pixel block belongs,
the arbitrator includes a plurality of latch circuits one-to-one for each row of the plurality of rows,
each latch circuit of the plurality of latch circuits is configured to:
temporarily hold a request input from a respective row of the plurality of rows; and
input, to the arbitrator, the request input in synchronization with a clock,

the request input includes the request outputted from the first pixel block, and
the arbitrator is further configured to determine the reading order based on the request input.