US 12,405,161 B2
Sensor device and reading method
Futa Mochizuki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/798,428
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Jan. 6, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/000223
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/166472, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-024343 (JP), filed on Feb. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0071929 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. G01J 1/44 (2006.01); H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/779 (2023.01)
CPC G01J 1/44 (2013.01) [H04N 25/60 (2023.01); H04N 25/779 (2023.01); G01J 2001/446 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A sensor device, comprising:
a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixel units, each having one or a plurality of pixels and capable of generating a gradation signal indicating intensity of a light reception amount and an event signal indicating a change in the light reception amount, is two-dimensionally arranged; and
a row control unit that sequentially executes in rows selection of a pixel from which the event signal is to be read and selection of a pixel from which the gradation signal is to be read at different timings.