Patent ID: 11936979
Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. An imaging device comprising:
an imager that includes a pixel array including a plurality of pixel groups each including N×N pixels (N is an integer of 2 or more);
a memory storing a program; and
a processor configured to execute the program to perform operations comprising:
switching a reading mode in which pixel signals are respectively read from each of the pixels of the pixel array, the switching of the reading mode switching between an addition mode and an individual mode, wherein
in the addition mode the pixel signals read from the N×N pixels included in each of the pixel groups are added to form one pixel signal,
in the individual mode each of the pixel signals read from the N×N pixels included in each of the pixel groups is individually output, and
the switching of the reading mode is on a basis of vehicle information of a vehicle, the vehicle information including a speed of the vehicle.