Patent ID: 8810678
Filing Date: 2014-08-19
Classification: H01L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a solid-state imaging device that has a plurality of pairs of first and second photoelectric conversion elements having different spectral sensitivity characteristics; and a driving unit that independently controls an exposure time of a first group made up of the plurality of first photoelectric conversion elements and an exposure time of a second group made up of the plurality of second photoelectric conversion elements, wherein a wavelength range where the first photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has a spectral sensitivity and a wavelength range where the second photoelectric conversion element of each pair mainly has spectral sensitivity fall within the respective wavelength ranges of specific colors of visible light, a half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of each first photoelectric conversion element of the pair is wider than a half width in the spectral sensitivity characteristic of each second photoelectric conversion element of the pair, the plurality of pairs include a plurality of types of pairs having different specific colors, the driving unit switchably performs the first control in a case of the subject scene in which a face is included in the subject, the driving unit performs the second control in a case of the subject scene in which the face is not included in the subject, the first control correspond to a control in which the exposure time of the first group is longer than that of the second group, and the second control correspond to a control in which the exposure time of the second group is longer than that of the first group.