US 12,149,855 B2
Light receiving device, electronic apparatus, and light receiving method to reduce a load current in a processing circuit
Nobuharu Suzuki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 17/767,694
Filed by SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kanagawa (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 5, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/037702
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/075292, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-191449 (JP), filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0121536 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04N 25/78 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 25/78 (2023.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A light receiving device, comprising:
an imaging unit configured to:
photoelectrically convert light received in a plurality of pixels; and
acquire an analog image signal based on the photoelectric conversion;
a conversion unit configured to convert the acquired analog image signal into digital image data; and
a data processing unit configured to:
execute data processing operation on the digital image data; and
reduce load of the data processing operation in a first period compared to a second period, wherein
the first period is a period in which the conversion unit executes the conversion, and
the second period is a period in which the conversion unit does not execute the conversion.