US 12,464,235 B2
Light receiving element, imaging device, and correction processing method
Masanori Tanaka, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 18/259,317
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Nov. 18, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/042348
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 26, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/149353, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 14, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-000396 (JP), filed on Jan. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0064401 A1, Feb. 22, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 23/67 (2023.01); H10F 39/00 (2025.01)
CPC H04N 23/672 (2023.01) [H10F 39/8053 (2025.01); H10F 39/8057 (2025.01); H10F 39/8063 (2025.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light receiving element, comprising:
a first pixel that includes a first plurality of photoelectric conversion units, wherein the first plurality of photoelectric conversion units is configured to:
share a first on-chip lens,
receive incident light from a pupil region of an optical system via the first on-chip lens, and
execute photoelectric conversion on the received incident light;
a second pixel that includes a second plurality of photoelectric conversion units, wherein the second plurality of photoelectric conversion units is configured to:
share a second on-chip lens,
receive the incident light from the pupil region of the optical system via the second on-chip lens, and
execute the photoelectric conversion on the received incident light,
wherein a transmittance of the second pixel, on an outer side of the pupil region in which the first pixel receives light, is lower as compared with a transmittance of the pupil region; and
a correction unit configured to:
obtain a first pixel signal from the first pixel and a second pixel signal from the second pixel, wherein the first pixel signal includes an object in an imaging field of view associated with the first pixel;
correct the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal; and
execute, based on focus information of the incident light, a gain correction process in a case where the imaging field of view and the object are in focus.