Solid-state image pickup device and drive method thereof
US7623172B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 1, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N25/134
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A solid state imaging device having an X-Y addressable solid state imaging device with color filters and a driving unit which reads out pixel information of a same color filter in a unit pixel block as pixel information for one pixel simulatively. A predetermined color coding for the pixels has two rows and two columns. When k is a positive integer equal to or larger than 0, with (2k+3)×(2k+3) pixel blocks as unit pixel blocks, the driving unit reads out pieces of pixel information of the same color filter in each of the unit pixel blocks, the driving unit reads out pieces of pixel information of a same color filter in each of the unit pixel blocks simulatively as pixel information for one pixel in a state in which the unit pixel blocks are laid without overlapping one another, and the driving unit averages the added pieces of pixel information and outputs the averaged pieces of pixel information.
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