Patent ID: 9609223
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: H01L,H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup element for picking up an optical image focused thereon and outputting an image signal corresponding to the optical image, comprising: a first chip including a plurality of pixels arrayed in a matrix, configured to output an image signal corresponding to the optical image; and a second chip including a control information generation unit and an output unit, wherein the control information generation unit is configured to generate control information to be used for image-pickup in accordance with a first image signal which is obtained from a first pixel group among the plurality of pixels and output the control information in synchronization with a first synchronization signal, and the output unit is configured to output, as an image display signal for image display, a second image signal which is obtained from a second pixel group among the plurality of pixels in synchronization with a second synchronization signal different from the first synchronization signal.