Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element, a moving mechanism that corrects a shake, a curtain that blocks an incidence ray on the imaging element by traveling in a column direction, and a processor configured to, in a state where the moving mechanism moves the imaging element, in a case where an instruction to start imaging with an exposure time period less than or equal to a predetermined time period is received, perform a moving amount reduction control for reducing a moving amount for moving the imaging element from an elapse of a timing of reception of the instruction until a start of exposure of the imaging element, compared to a moving amount of the imaging element at the timing of reception of the instruction, in a state where the moving amount reduction control is performed, start a reset control for sequentially resetting a plurality of pixels included in the imaging element along the column direction for each line in a row direction, and after an elapse of a time period corresponding to the

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging element; an imaging element driving unit that directs the imaging element to alternately perform imaging operations at a first frame rate and a second frame rate being different from the first frame rate; and a flicker detection unit that detects whether a first flicker of a light source with a first frequency is present and whether a second flicker of a light source with a second frequency is present, based on a first captured image signal obtained by an imaging operation at the first frame rate and a second captured image signal obtained by an imaging operation at the second frame rate as defined herein, and a sum of a duration of a first frame period based on the first frame rate and a duration of a second frame period based on the second frame rate is a value as defined herein.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging element; an imaging element driving unit that directs the imaging element to alternately perform imaging operations at a first frame rate and a second frame rate being different from the first frame rate; and a flicker detection unit that detects whether a first flicker of a light source with a first frequency is present and whether a second flicker of a light source with a second frequency is present, based on a captured image signal obtained by an imaging operation at the first frame rate, a captured image signal obtained by an imaging operation at the second frame rate following the imaging operation at the first frame rate and a captured image signal obtained by an another imaging operation at the first frame rate or the second frame rate, wherein the first frame rate and the second frame rate are as defined herein.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging element; an imaging element driving unit that directs the imaging element to alternately perform imaging operations at a first frame rate and a second frame rate being different from the first frame rate; and a flicker detection unit that detects whether a first flicker of a light source with a first frequency is present and whether a second flicker of a light source with a second frequency is present, based on a first captured image signal obtained by an imaging operation at the first frame rate and a second captured image signal obtained by an imaging operation at the second frame rate as defined herein, and a sum of a duration of a first frame period based on the first frame rate and a duration of a second frame period based on the second frame rate is a value as defined herein

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging element; an imaging element driving unit that directs the imaging element to alternately perform imaging operations at a first frame rate and a second frame rate being different from the first frame rate; and a flicker detection unit that detects whether a first flicker of a light source with a first frequency is present and whether a second flicker of a light source with a second frequency is present, based on a captured image signal obtained by an imaging operation at the first frame rate, a captured image signal obtained by an imaging operation at the second frame rate following the imaging operation at the first frame rate and a captured image signal obtained by an another imaging operation at the first frame rate or the second frame rate, wherein the first frame rate and the second frame rate are as defined herein.

Abstract: A first transfer process for transferring signal charges in a vertical direction on vertical transfer sections, a second transfer process for transferring signal charges received from outputs of the vertical transfer sections from line memory to a horizontal transfer section, and a third transfer process for transferring signal charges in a horizontal direction on the horizontal transfer section are controlled at predetermined timings, and the timings are controlled such that at least part of a second time period T21 during which the second transfer process is implemented overlaps a first time period during which the first transfer process is implemented. A time t12 at which the second time period T21 is over is set to occur before a charge receiving potential is applied to a final charge transfer electrode for the vertical charge transfer sections.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device is provided and includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a two-dimensional array in a surface portion of the semiconductor substrate; a conductive light shielding film above the surface portion, the conductive light shielding film having openings at a light-incident side of the respective photoelectric conversion elements; a connection pad formed in the semiconductor substrate and to be applied with a voltage from outside the solid-state imaging device; and a wiring that connects the connection pad and the conductive light shielding film, wherein the wiring has a wiring structure having a time constant smaller than that of one linear wiring.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device is provided and includes: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a two-dimensional array in a surface portion of the semiconductor substrate; a conductive light shielding film above the surface portion, the conductive light shielding film having openings at a light-incident side of the respective photoelectric conversion elements; a connection pad formed in the semiconductor substrate and to be applied with a voltage from outside the solid-state imaging device; and a wiring that connects the connection pad and the conductive light shielding film, wherein the wiring has a wiring structure having a time constant smaller than that of one linear wiring.

Abstract: A driving method for a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, VCCDs, a line memory, and an HCCD includes: transferring all of the electric charges, which are stored in the line memory in an array, to the HCCD; and transferring only an electric charge, which is positioned at an upstream side of the HCCD in the charge transfer direction, of two adjacent electric charges having the same color components among the transferred electric charges in the horizontal direction and adding the two electric charges.

Abstract: An imaging element and an imaging device of the present invention have photoelectric conversion sections arranged two-dimensionally with respect to the surface of a semiconductor substrate; a color filter layer that is made up of a plurality of color filters for decomposing incident light into different colors and brightness filters for causing light including all color components to pass and where the plurality of color filters and the brightness filters are arranged at positions above the photoelectric conversion sections; vertical charge transfer sections linearly extended so as to transfer signal charges read from the respective photoelectric conversion sections; reading regions for reading signal charges generated by the photoelectric conversion sections to the vertical charge transfer sections; and light-shielding films that are provided so as to cover the vertical charge transfer sections and that have opening sections located above the respective photoelectric conversion sections.

Abstract: A first transfer process for transferring signal charges in a vertical direction on vertical transfer sections, a second transfer process for transferring signal charges received from outputs of the vertical transfer sections from line memory to a horizontal transfer section, and a third transfer process for transferring signal charges in a horizontal direction on the horizontal transfer section are controlled at predetermined timings, and the timings are controlled such that at least part of a second time period T21 during which the second transfer process is implemented overlaps a first time period during which the first transfer process is implemented. A time t12 at which the second time period T21 is over is set to occur before a charge receiving potential is applied to a final charge transfer electrode for the vertical charge transfer sections.

Abstract: A driving method for a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, VCCDs, a line memory, and an HCCD includes: transferring all of the electric charges, which are stored in the line memory in an array, to the HCCD; and transferring only an electric charge, which is positioned at an upstream side of the HCCD in the charge transfer direction, of two adjacent electric charges having the same color components among the transferred electric charges in the horizontal direction and adding the two electric charges.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a surface of the semiconductor substrate, each of the photodiodes having a predetermined shape and being divided into: a first split pixel occupying a central region of a photo acceptance surface of each of the photodiodes; and a second split pixel occupying a peripheral region of each of the photodiodes except the first split pixel, wherein a transfer gate for the first split pixel and a transfer gate for the second split pixel in each of the photodiodes are provided in opposite positions of each of the photodiodes.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing equipment which is excellent in the shock resistance, and has a strap and pen storing portion, and has a drip-proof ability. The information processing equipment 1 is constructed by putting a lower case 2 as the base and successively stacking a main board 3, a chassis 4, an LCD 5, a touch panel 6, a packing 7 and an upper case 10 in this order. A battery 11 for driving the equipment is provided and is detachable from the lower portion of the lower case 2. Further, an inverter board 14 for driving the LCD 5, a flexible cable 15 and an inverter cushion 18 is arranged in a position in the upper portion of the chassis 4 and beside a speaker 12. The flexible cable 15 from the main board 3 is connected to the inverter board 14, and a lead wire of the LCD 5 is connected to the inverter board 14.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an information processing equipment which is excellent in the shock resistance, and has a strap and pen storing portion, and has a drip-proof ability.