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

Claim 15:
16. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
a light detecting device including:
a pixel array that includes a plurality of pixel blocks in a matrix, wherein each of the plurality of pixel blocks includes:
a first photoelectric conversion element configured to generate a first electric charge based on an amount of a first incident light;
a detection circuit configured to detect a firing of an address event based on the first electric charge;
a second photoelectric conversion element configured to generate a second electric charge based on an amount of a second incident light; and
a pixel circuit configured to generate a pixel signal based on the second electric charge;

a drive circuit configured to drive a plurality of first pixel blocks of the plurality of pixel blocks to generate an analog pixel signal, wherein
the plurality of first pixel blocks is driven based on the detection of the firing of the address event in a first pixel block of the plurality of pixel blocks, and
the plurality of first pixel blocks is in a first row, of the matrix, to which the first pixel block belongs;

an analog to digital converter configured to convert the analog pixel signal to a digital pixel signal; and
a signal processor configured to:
execute signal processing on the digital pixel signal; and
output a processed digital pixel signal based on the execution of the signal processing.