Patent ID: 7830427
Filing Date: 2010-11-09
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A solid-state image pickup element, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of light-receiving elements aligned in rows along a predetermined direction in the substrate, the light-receiving elements accumulating charge in accordance with an amount of received light; a color filter provided at a light incident side of the substrate, the color filter having a predetermined color pattern, and transmitting light of a color component to each of the light-receiving elements; a plurality of transfer paths disposed adjacent to the rows of light-receiving elements and transferring charge accumulated by respective light-receiving elements of corresponding element rows; and a border that runs in a direction substantially parallel to the rows of light-receiving elements and includes a position corresponding to an optical axis of light incident from an image pickup lens disposed on the substrate, the border creating a left side region of the solid-state image pickup element and a right side region of the solid-state image pickup element; wherein the transfer paths and rows of light-receiving elements are positioned such that accumulated charges in a light-receiving element row on the left side region of the solid-state image pickup element are read-out by a transfer path disposed to the left of the light-receiving element row, and accumulated charges in a light-receiving element row on the right side region of the solid-state image pickup element are read-out by a transfer path disposed to the right of the light-receiving element row.