Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image-capturing device and drive method therefor
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Application No.: US16213920Application Date: 2018-12-07
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Publication No.: US10687002B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Junichi Matsuo , Sei Suzuki
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: McDermott Will & Emery LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@69206f89
- Main IPC: H04N5/33
- IPC: H04N5/33 ; H04N9/04 ; H04N5/376 ; H04N5/372 ; G01S17/89 ; G01S7/486 ; G01S7/4863

Abstract:
An image-capturing device includes an infrared light source configured to emit infrared light, and a solid-state image-capturing device including a plurality of first pixels configured to convert visible light into signal charge and a plurality of second pixels configured to convert infrared light into signal charge, the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels being arranged on a semiconductor substrate in a matrix. The solid-state image-capturing device outputs, during the same single frame scanning period, a first signal obtained from the plurality of first pixels, a second signal obtained from the plurality of second pixels during a period of time when the infrared light is emitted, and a third signal obtained from the plurality of second pixels during a period of time when the infrared light is not emitted.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190110006A1 IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE AND DRIVE METHOD THEREFOR Public/Granted day:2019-04-11
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