| CPC H04N 25/41 (2023.01) [H04N 25/47 (2023.01); H04N 25/701 (2023.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. An imaging device, comprising:
a pixel array that includes:
a plurality of light-receiving pixels in a plurality of pixel lines, wherein the plurality of pixel lines includes:
a first pixel line that comprises a first set of light-receiving pixels of the plurality of light-receiving pixels, wherein the first set of light-receiving pixels is configured to:
receive a first amount of light;
accumulate a first electric charge based on the received first amount of light; and
generate a first pixel value based on the accumulated first electric charge; and
a second pixel line that comprises a second set of light-receiving pixels, wherein
the second set of light-receiving pixels is configured to:
receive a second amount of light; and
accumulate a second electric charge based on the received second amount of light and,
each of the first pixel line and the second pixel line extends in a first direction,
the first pixel line is adjacent to the second pixel line in a second direction,
the first set of light-receiving pixels is associated with a first light-receiving sensitivity,
the second set of light-receiving pixels is associated with a second light-receiving sensitivity, and
each of the first light-receiving sensitivity and the second light-receiving sensitivity is variable;
a sensitivity setting section configured to:
set, in a first period, the second light-receiving sensitivity based on the first pixel value; and
determine a second pixel value based on the second light-receiving sensitivity and the second electric charge, wherein
the first pixel value is different from the second pixel value, and
the first pixel value corresponds to a result of the accumulation of the first electric charge; and
a signal processor configured to generate image data based on the first pixel value and the second pixel value.
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