Patent ID: 9711553
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G02B,H01L,H04N

Claim:
1. An image sensor comprising: a pixel array including pixels, the pixels arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, each of the pixels including photoelectric conversion elements; and a control circuit configured to independently control exposure times of each of the photoelectric conversion elements included in each of the pixels based on binning condition data, the binning condition data indicative of a number of the plurality of rows to be used in a binning operation for the image sensor; wherein photoelectric conversion elements of pixels in a first of the plurality of rows are coupled to a first set of transfer lines, wherein photoelectric conversion elements of pixels in a second of the plurality of rows are coupled to a second set of transfer lines, wherein the first row is adjacent to the second row, and wherein the first set of transfer lines is separate from the second set of transfer lines.