Abstract: An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: a plurality of pixels each including a first light-receiving element and a second light-receiving element, the plurality of pixels including a first pixel; a generating section that is able to generate a first detection value on a basis of a light-receiving result by the first light-receiving element of each of the plurality of pixels, and is able to generate a second detection value on a basis of a light-receiving result by the second light-receiving element of each of the plurality of pixels; and a diagnosis section that is able to perform a diagnosis processing on a basis of a detection ratio that is a ratio between the first detection value and the second detection value in the first pixel.

Abstract: An imaging system includes an imaging apparatus that is mounted on a vehicle and generates an image by imaging an area around the vehicle, and a processing apparatus that is mounted on the vehicle. The imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels. A control unit controls exposure by each of the plurality of pixels, and a processing unit executes a predetermined test. The control unit controls exposure so that reading of a pixel signal is started in a second period after the completion of reading of a pixel signal in a first period. The processing unit executes a predetermined test in a third period, the third period is between the reading of the pixel signal in the first period and the reading of the pixel signal in the second period. The processing apparatus restricts a function of controlling the vehicle based on a result of the predetermined test.

Abstract: In one example, an imaging device including a plurality of pixel circuits, a first control line, a second control line, a first voltage supply line, a second voltage supply line, a first light-receiving element, and a diagnosis unit is disclosed. The pixel circuits each include a first terminal, a second terminal, a third terminal, an accumulation unit, a first transistor, a second transistor, and an output unit. The first transistor is couples the third terminal to the accumulation unit on the basis of a voltage of the first terminal. The second transistor supplies a predetermined voltage to the accumulation unit on the basis of a voltage of the second terminal. The output unit outputs a signal corresponding to a voltage in the accumulation unit.

Abstract: An imaging system includes: an imaging device and a processing device mounted in a vehicle. The imaging device includes: a first pixel coupled to a first signal line, a second pixel coupled to a second signal line, the second signal line is different from the first signal line, a first latch that is coupled to the first signal line, and stores a first digital code, a second latch that is coupled to the second signal line, is adjacent to the first latch, and stores a second digital code, a transfer section that transfers digital codes outputted from the first latch and the second latch, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the digital codes transferred from the first latch and the second latch. The processing device restricts the function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of a result of the diagnosis processing.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method, a camera module, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a failure in an imaging device having a structure in which a plurality of substrates are stacked. The timing at which a row drive unit provided in a second substrate outputs a control signal for controlling accumulation and reading of pixel signals in a pixel array provided in a first substrate is compared with the timing at which the control signal output from the row drive unit is detected after passing through the pixel array. Depending on whether or not the timings coincides with each other, a failure is detected. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method, a camera module, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a failure in an imaging device having a structure in which a plurality of substrates are stacked. The timing at which a row drive unit provided in a second substrate outputs a control signal for controlling accumulation and reading of pixel signals in a pixel array provided in a first substrate is compared with the timing at which the control signal output from the row drive unit is detected after passing through the pixel array. Depending on whether or not the timings coincides with each other, a failure is detected. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range while suppressing degradation of image quality. A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel unit in which basic pattern pixel groups are arranged, each of the basic pattern pixel groups having output pixels of a plurality of colors arranged according to a predetermined pattern, the output pixel being a pixel based on an output unit of a pixel signal, the output pixel of at least one color among the output pixels having three or more types of sizes, and a signal processing unit configured to perform synthesis processing for a plurality of the pixel signals from a plurality of the output pixels having a same color and different sizes. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method, a camera module, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a failure in an imaging device having a structure in which a plurality of substrates are stacked. The timing at which a row drive unit provided in a second substrate outputs a control signal for controlling accumulation and reading of pixel signals in a pixel array provided in a first substrate is compared with the timing at which the control signal output from the row drive unit is detected after passing through the pixel array. Depending on whether or not the timings coincides with each other, a failure is detected. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: An imaging system according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging device that is mounted in a vehicle, and captures and generates an image of a peripheral region of the vehicle; and a processing device that is mounted in the vehicle, and executes processing related to a function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of the image. The imaging device includes: a first control line, a first voltage generator that applies a first voltage to the first control line, a first signal line, a plurality of pixels that applies a pixel voltage to the first signal line, a first dummy pixel that applies a voltage corresponding to the first voltage of the first control line to the first signal line in a first period, a converter including a first converter that performs AD conversion on the basis of a voltage of the first signal line in the first period to generate a first digital code, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the first digital code.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image pickup element, a control method, and an image pickup device which realize easier and more diversified data output. In one aspect of the present technology, a plurality of signal lines for transmitting a pixel signal read from a pixel is allocated to each column, and different reading modes of the pixel signals are respectively allocated to the signal lines of each column. Regarding each column of the pixel array connected to the pixel corresponding to the mode, the pixel signal is read from the pixel connected to the signal line corresponding to the reading mode of the pixel signal in the mode, and the read pixel signal is transmitted via the signal line. The present technology is applied to, for example, an image pickup element and an image pickup device.

Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to more efficiently perform various tests for detecting abnormality.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range while suppressing degradation of image quality. A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel unit in which basic pattern pixel groups are arranged, each of the basic pattern pixel groups having output pixels of a plurality of colors arranged according to a predetermined pattern, the output pixel being a pixel based on an output unit of a pixel signal, the output pixel of at least one color among the output pixels having three or more types of sizes, and a signal processing unit configured to perform synthesis processing for a plurality of the pixel signals from a plurality of the output pixels having a same color and different sizes. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: [Object] To make it possible to detect, in the case where abnormality has occurred in at least a part of the pixels, the abnormality for each of the pixels.

Abstract: An imaging system according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging device that is mounted in a vehicle, and captures and generates an image of a peripheral region of the vehicle; and a processing device that is mounted in the vehicle, and executes processing related to a function of controlling the vehicle on the basis of the image. The imaging device includes: a first pixel, a second pixel, a first signal line that is coupled to the first pixel, a second signal line that is coupled to the second pixel, and is different from the first signal line, a first latch that is coupled to the first signal line, and stores a first digital code, a second latch that is coupled to the second signal line, is adjacent to the first latch, and stores a second digital code, a transfer section that transfers digital codes outputted from the first latch and the second latch, and a diagnosis section that performs diagnosis processing on the basis of the digital codes transferred from the first latch and the second latch.

Abstract: A first pixel comprises a first transfer transistor, a first reset transistor, a first amplifier transistor and a first select transistor. The first transfer transistor has a first terminal coupled to a reference signal generation circuit. The first reset transistor has a first terminal coupled to the reference signal generation circuit. The first amplifier transistor has a gate coupled to a second terminal of the first reset transistor and a second terminal of the first transfer transistor. The first select transistor is coupled to the first amplifier transistor. A second pixel comprises a first photoelectric conversion element, a second transfer transistor coupled to the first photoelectric conversion element, a second reset transistor configured to receive a first predetermined voltage, a second amplifier transistor coupled to the second transfer transistor and the second reset transistor, and a second select transistor coupled to the second amplifier transistor.

Abstract: The present technology relates to an image pickup element, a control method, and an image pickup device which realize easier and more diversified data output. In one aspect of the present technology, a plurality of signal lines for transmitting a pixel signal read from a pixel is allocated to each column, and different reading modes of the pixel signals are respectively allocated to the signal lines of each column. Regarding each column of the pixel array connected to the pixel corresponding to the mode, the pixel signal is read from the pixel connected to the signal line corresponding to the reading mode of the pixel signal in the mode, and the read pixel signal is transmitted via the signal line. The present technology is applied to, for example, an image pickup element and an image pickup device.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, a driving method, and an electronic device that are able to enhance a gray scale of a combined pixel value obtained from a pixel including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units having different light receiving sensitivities. In a pixel array unit, a pixel including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units having different light receiving sensitivities is disposed. An analog to digital (AD) conversion unit that compares an electric signal corresponding to a charge of the photoelectric conversion unit having a low light receiving sensitivity among the plurality of photoelectric conversion units included in the pixel of the pixel array unit with a nonlinear reference signal that changes nonlinearly to perform AD conversion on the electric signal. The present technology is able to be applied to, for example, a complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an imaging apparatus and an imaging method, a camera module, and an electronic apparatus that are capable of detecting a failure in an imaging device having a structure in which a plurality of substrates are stacked. The timing at which a row drive unit provided in a second substrate outputs a control signal for controlling accumulation and reading of pixel signals in a pixel array provided in a first substrate is compared with the timing at which the control signal output from the row drive unit is detected after passing through the pixel array. Depending on whether or not the timings coincides with each other, a failure is detected. The present disclosure can be applied to an imaging apparatus mounted on a vehicle.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range while suppressing degradation of image quality. A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel unit in which basic pattern pixel groups are arranged, each of the basic pattern pixel groups having output pixels of a plurality of colors arranged according to a predetermined pattern, the output pixel being a pixel based on an output unit of a pixel signal, the output pixel of at least one color among the output pixels having three or more types of sizes, and a signal processing unit configured to perform synthesis processing for a plurality of the pixel signals from a plurality of the output pixels having a same color and different sizes. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.

Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor and an electronic device that can expand a dynamic range while suppressing degradation of image quality. A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel unit in which basic pattern pixel groups are arranged, each of the basic pattern pixel groups having output pixels of a plurality of colors arranged according to a predetermined pattern, the output pixel being a pixel based on an output unit of a pixel signal, the output pixel of at least one color among the output pixels having three or more types of sizes, and a signal processing unit configured to perform synthesis processing for a plurality of the pixel signals from a plurality of the output pixels having a same color and different sizes. The present technology can be applied to, for example, a CMOS image sensor.