Patent · US Active

Imaging control device, imaging device, and imaging control method

US10244158B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by
0References
12Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateMay 12, 2016
Grant dateMar 26, 2019
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 12, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/673
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

There is provided an image sensor including: a control unit configured to control pixels in a manner that a readout of a focus pixel signal from a focus detection pixel used for focusing and a readout of a main pixel signal from a pixel used for image generation are conducted independently; and an output unit configured to output the focus pixel signal and the main pixel signal independently from each other.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.