Patent ID: 7719573
Filing Date: 2010-05-18
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A photographing device, comprising: a plurality of light-receiving elements that receive light and convert the light into an electric charge, the plurality of light-receiving elements including a first group of rows and columns of light-receiving elements associated with a first electric charge and a second group of rows and columns of light-receiving elements associated with a second electric charge, the first group of rows and columns adjacent to the second group of rows and columns, at least one light-receiving element in the first group having a different exposure time than at least one light-receiving element in the second group; reading parts for reading electric charges accumulated in the light-receiving elements; vertical transfer parts for transferring the electric charges output from the reading parts, in a vertical direction; and control parts for controlling the reading parts during a period so as to output at a first sub-period, the electric charges accumulated in the first adjacent group of light-receiving elements while the second adjacent group of light-receiving elements are receiving light; wherein the control parts make the vertical transfer parts stop transferring the electric charges, and control the reading parts so as to output, at a second sub-period, the electric charges accumulated in the second adjacent group of light-receiving elements and the first adjacent group of light-receiving elements, wherein the second electric charge of the second adjacent group of light-receiving elements is greater than the first electric charge of the first adjacent group of light-receiving elements.