Imaging device capable of simultaneously capturing of a motion image and a static image and imaging method
US10313600B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 3, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 3, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10F39/8053
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Provided is an imaging device including an imaging element having a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion unit, in which a light-receiving efficiency of the second photoelectric conversion unit is lower than a light-receiving efficiency of the first photoelectric conversion unit; an optics that guides a light flux from an object to the imaging element; and a control unit that selects a combination of the first photoelectric conversion unit and the second photoelectric conversion unit used for a motion image capturing and a static image capturing in accordance with a brightness of the object.
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