Patent ID: 9332205
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G02B,H01L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image pickup element, comprising: a pixel matrix in which a plurality of pixels each comprising a photoelectric conversion portion for photoelectrically converting an optical image of a subject, which is formed by an imaging optical system, the plurality of pixels are arranged in units of a matrix of a predetermined number of pixels; a pupil dividing portion arranged on a side of a light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion portion of each of the plurality of pixels to divide a pupil region of the imaging optical system; and a shielding portion arranged between the pupil dividing portion and the photoelectric conversion portion of each of the plurality of pixels to shield a predetermined region of the light receiving surface of the photoelectric conversion portion, wherein the predetermined region of each of the plurality of pixels included in the matrix of the predetermined number of pixels corresponds to any one of a predetermined number of divided pupil regions obtained when the pupil region is divided by the pupil dividing portion, and a proportion of the predetermined region in the light receiving surface is smaller than a proportion of a region that is not shielded by the shielding portion in the light receiving surface.