US 12,273,634 B2
Imaging element and electronic apparatus
Masashi Nakata, Kanagawa (JP); Hiroaki Yamajo, Kanagawa (JP); Yosuke Yamamoto, Tokyo (JP); Yuichiro Baba, Kanagawa (JP); and Junichi Kanai, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/908,196
Filed by Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 1, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/007777
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/187076, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/054,919, filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/990,303, filed on Mar. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140768 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 25/13 (2023.01); G06V 10/143 (2022.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 25/534 (2023.01); H10K 39/32 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/136 (2023.01) [G06V 10/143 (2022.01); H04N 23/11 (2023.01); H04N 23/12 (2023.01); H04N 23/611 (2023.01); H04N 23/667 (2023.01); H04N 25/534 (2023.01); H10K 39/32 (2023.02)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging element comprising:
a plurality of pixels that acquires first information that is information of three primary colors and second information that is information of at least two colors different from the three primary colors and that includes at least one of complementary colors of the three primary colors,
wherein the plurality of pixels include a plurality of divided pixels that are divided in a predetermined direction, each divided region of a divided pixel having a respective light receiving element,
information of one color of the first information and one color the second information is acquired for each of the divided pixels,
only pieces of information of similar colors having a common wavelength component included in the first information and the second information are collectively associated for each divided pixel,
the three primary colors include red (R), green (G), and blue (B), and the complementary colors include cyan (Cy), yellow (Ye), and magenta (Mg), and
the second information includes Cy information, Ye information, and Mg information.