PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15956582
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-04
Publication Date: 2018-11
Patent Classification: ["348", "300000"]

Abstract:
A solid-state imaging device includes pixels forming pixel rows, and a scanning circuit that performs a reset operation of a photoelectric converter and a readout operation of a pixel signal based on charges generated by the photoelectric converter including charge transfer from the photoelectric converter to the holding unit. The pixel rows include imaging rows and focus detection rows. The scanning circuit performs an image capture scan of the imaging rows and a focus detection scan of the focus detection rows, independently, such that signals of the focus detection rows are output after signals from the imaging rows. The scanning circuit performs the focus detection scan such that the reset operation on the focus detection row does not overlap with a charge transfer period on an imaging row belonging to a unit pixel row neighboring a unit pixel row to which a focus detection row under the reset operation belongs.

Claim (Index 17):
A solid-state imaging device comprising:\n a plurality of pixels arranged to form a plurality of pixel rows, each of the plurality of pixels including a photoelectric converter that generates charges by photoelectric conversion, a holding unit that holds charges generated by the photoelectric converter, an amplifier unit that outputs a pixel signal based on an amount of charges held in the holding unit, and a reset unit that resets the photoelectric converter; and a scanning circuit that performs, on the row-by row basis for the plurality of pixels, a reset operation of the photoelectric converter of the pixel and a readout operation of a pixel signal based on charges generated by the photoelectric converter, the readout operation including charge transfer that transfers charges generated by the photoelectric converter to the holding unit, wherein the plurality of pixel rows include a plurality of imaging rows to be used for acquiring imaging signals and a plurality of focus detection rows to be used for acquiring focus detection signals, wherein the plurality of pixel rows form a plurality of unit pixel rows each including a plurality of pixel rows defined by the holding unit shared by pixels on the plurality of pixel rows, wherein the scanning circuit performs an image capture scan and a focus detection scan, independently, such that signals of the plurality of focus detection rows are output after signals from the plurality of imaging rows are output, wherein in the image capture scan, the reset operation and the readout operation are performed on the plurality of imaging rows, wherein, in the focus detection scan, the reset operation and the readout operation are performed on the plurality of focus detection rows, wherein the scanning circuit performs in parallel the readout operation on an imaging row included in a first unit pixel row in a first period and the reset operation on a focus detection row included in a second unit pixel row neighboring the first unit pixel row, wherein, in the first period, the scanning circuit performs an operation of causing the holding unit included in the second unit pixel row to be in a floating state by causing the reset unit included in the second unit pixel row to be in an off-state after completion of the reset operation on the focus detection row included in the second unit pixel row, and wherein the scanning circuit performs the readout operation on an imaging row included in the second unit pixel row in a second period subsequent to the first period.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 2.0
- Percentile: 91.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.53226
- Patent Class: 348.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: True
- Related Applications: ['13953943', '12232796', '15955132', '15224772', '15896994']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.62893028367541
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5194934755175636
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6179866028596255
- Mean Citation Score: 313.99018399999994
- Max Citation Score: 328.84195
- Similarity Product: 298.1264061240643

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 1
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

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