US 11,917,292 B2
Imaging device with pixels, readout unit, and signal line
Sinsuke Sambongi, Wako (JP); Akira Kinoshita, Yokohama (JP); and Yuki Kita, Kawasaki (JP)
Assigned to NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/122,310.
Application 18/122,310 is a continuation of application No. 17/261,979, granted, now 11,641,519, previously published as PCT/JP2019/028478, filed on Jul. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-137274 (JP), filed on Jul. 20, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0217107 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); G03B 13/36 (2021.01); G03B 17/14 (2021.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/67 (2023.01) [G03B 13/36 (2013.01); G03B 17/14 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/675 (2023.01); H04N 25/42 (2023.01); H04N 25/704 (2023.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device, comprising:
a first pixel and a second pixel each of which receives light transmitted through an optical system and outputs a signal used for focus detection;
a third pixel which receives light transmitted through the optical system and outputs a signal used for image generation;
a readout unit that reads out a signal of at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel, which is selected based on information on the optical signal, before reading out the signal of the third pixel; and
a signal line (i) that outputs the signal of at least one of the first pixel and the second pixel and the signal of the third pixel and (ii) that is provided in a first direction.