US 11,800,074 B2
Electronic device and computer program product
Satoshi Tsuchiya, Kawasaki (JP); Yuuki Asano, Narashino (JP); Shuhei Yoshikawa, Tokyo (JP); and Aiko Namikawa, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by NIKON CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/732,655.
Application 16/732,655 is a continuation of application No. 15/563,783, granted, now 10,567,638, previously published as PCT/JP2016/060496, filed on Mar. 30, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-070439 (JP), filed on Mar. 30, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2020/0162662 A1, May 21, 2020
Int. Cl. H04N 9/64 (2023.01); G03B 15/00 (2021.01); G03B 7/091 (2021.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 10/50 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/72 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/76 (2023.01); H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); H04N 25/13 (2023.01); H04N 25/533 (2023.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 9/64 (2013.01) [G03B 7/091 (2013.01); G03B 15/00 (2013.01); G06V 10/10 (2022.01); G06V 10/50 (2022.01); G06V 10/56 (2022.01); H01L 27/1464 (2013.01); H01L 27/14621 (2013.01); H01L 27/14627 (2013.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/62 (2023.01); H04N 23/632 (2023.01); H04N 23/635 (2023.01); H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/72 (2023.01); H04N 23/73 (2023.01); H04N 23/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/134 (2023.01); H04N 25/533 (2023.01); H04N 25/79 (2023.01); G06V 10/147 (2022.01); H04N 23/672 (2023.01); H04N 23/673 (2023.01)] 11 Claims
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1. An electronic device, comprising:
an image sensor comprising:
a first pixel including a first filter having a first spectral characteristic, a first photoelectric conversion part that converts light from the first filter into an electric charge, and a first transfer part that transfers the electric charge converted by the first photoelectric conversion part to a first floating diffusion;
a first image-capturing region in which a second pixel is arranged, including a second filter having a second spectral characteristic different from the first spectral characteristic, a second photoelectric conversion part that converts light from the second filter into an electric charge, and a second transfer part that transfers the electric charge converted by the second photoelectric conversion part to a second floating diffusion;
a third pixel which is an image-capturing region arranged in a row direction from the first image-capturing region and includes a third filter having the first spectral characteristic, a third photoelectric conversion part that converts light from the third filter into an electric charge, and a third transfer part that transfers the electric charge converted by the third photoelectric conversion part to a third floating diffusion; and
a second image-capturing region in which a fourth pixel is arranged, including a fourth filter having the second spectral characteristic, a fourth photoelectric conversion part that converts light from the fourth filter into an electric charge, and a fourth transfer part that transfers the electric charge converted by the fourth photoelectric conversion part to a fourth floating diffusion;
a display that displays a plurality of images of a subject captured in the first image-capturing region among a plurality of unit regions in the image sensor; and
a control unit that controls the image sensor so as to set image-capturing conditions for the first image-capturing region to be different from image-capturing conditions for the second image-capturing region of the image sensor by using an image selected from the plurality of images displayed on the display, wherein:
the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel are arranged side by side in the row direction,
the first pixel and the second pixel are connected to a common first signal line so that a signal read out from the first pixel and a signal read out from the second pixel are output on the common first signal line,
the third pixel and the fourth pixel are connected to a common second signal line so that a signal read out from the third pixel and a signal read out from the fourth pixel are output on the common second signal line,
the first transfer part is connected to a first control line to which a control signal is output to control the first transfer part,
the second transfer part is connected to a second control line to which a control signal is output to control the second transfer part,
the third transfer part is connected to a third control line to which a control signal is output to control the third transfer part,
the fourth transfer part is connected to a fourth control line to which a control signal is output to control the fourth transfer part, and
the control unit sets an area where a specific subject element detected according to an imaging scene mode is captured among the plurality of unit regions of the image sensor as the first image-capturing region.