Abstract: A semiconductor device including a first buffer circuit and a second buffer circuit each configured to output a control signal to one control line based on an input from a signal output circuit, and an element configured to receive the control signal transmitted through the one control line. The second buffer circuit is switchable between electrical connection and electrical disconnection to the one control line. A first mode in which a current is supplied to the one control line with a first driving capability by the first buffer circuit and a second mode in which a current is supplied to the one control line with a second driving capability greater than the first driving capability by both the first buffer circuit and the second buffer circuit are switchable.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of microlenses. Each of the pixels has a first conversion unit and a second conversion unit surrounding the first conversion unit. The first conversion unit and the second conversion unit each have a light portion to receive light from a corresponding microlens. The first conversion unit and the second conversion unit are under the corresponding microlens. The pixels includes two or more pixels varying in an area ratio between an area of the light *portion of the first conversion unit and an area of the light portion of the second conversion unit.

Abstract: A communication band calculation device includes a memory; and a processor configured to execute acquiring user-based traffic information; defining non-overlapping separate section columns having any section width as a state space and sets a user distribution of a traffic amount according to the state space based on the traffic information; generating a transition probability matrix in which a transition probability that a transition from a separate section to another in the state space occurs is set as an element based on the traffic information; obtaining prediction of the user distribution at a desired future time using a product of the user distribution which is a starting point of prediction and the transition probability matrix; and calculating an amount of band facilities required to achieve quality of a communication service at a future point in time based on the user distribution in future.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel that outputs a pixel signal of an analog signal, a readout unit that converts the pixel signal into a digital signal to generate a digital pixel signal, a memory unit that stores the digital pixel signal, and a first inspection signal output unit that outputs a first inspection signal to the memory unit such that the memory unit stores the first inspection signal. The first inspection signal stored in the memory unit is output from the memory unit in a period after output of the digital pixel signal of a frame ends and before output of the digital pixel signal of a next frame starts.

Abstract: A display device according to the present invention, includes: a first substrate including a first single-crystal semiconductor substrate provided with a plurality of light emitting portions and with a first drive circuit that drives the plurality of light emitting portions, wherein the first single-crystal semiconductor substrate includes a plurality of light guiding portions that transmit light so as to implement a see-through function.

Abstract: A display apparatus comprising a substrate in which a plurality of pixels are arranged is provided. Each of the plurality of pixels comprises a light emitting element arranged above a first surface of the substrate, and a light receiving element arranged between the first surface and a second surface of the substrate on an opposite side of the first surface. The light emitting element comprises a first electrode, a second electrode arranged between the first surface and the first electrode, and a light emitting layer arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode. In an orthogonal projection with respect to the first surface, the second electrode and the light receiving element at least partially overlap each other.

Abstract: An image pickup device according to an embodiment includes pixels each configured to output an analog signal based on electric charges produced in a photoelectric conversion unit and a control unit configured to control a gain applied to the analog signal to be at least a first gain and a second gain greater than the first gain in accordance with a signal value of the analog signal. Each of the pixels outputs, as the analog signal, a first signal and a second signal based on electric charges produced in the photoelectric conversion unit in a first exposure period and a second exposure period shorter than the first exposure period. The control unit controls the gain applied to the analog signal by selecting one from the first gain and the second gain in accordance with the signal value, for at least one of the first signal and the second signal.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel that outputs a pixel signal of an analog signal, a readout unit that converts the pixel signal into a digital signal to generate a digital pixel signal, a memory unit that stores the digital pixel signal, and a first inspection signal output unit that outputs a first inspection signal to the memory unit such that the memory unit stores the first inspection signal. The first inspection signal stored in the memory unit is output from the memory unit in a period after output of the digital pixel signal of a frame ends and before output of the digital pixel signal of a next frame starts.

Abstract: A communication band calculation device includes a traffic amount user distribution setting unit that defines non-overlapping separate section columns having any section width as a state space and sets a user distribution of a traffic amount in accordance with the state space on the basis of user-based traffic information, a transition probability matrix generation unit that generates a transition probability matrix in which a transition probability that a transition from a certain separate section to another separate section in the state space will occur is set as an element on the basis of the user-based traffic information, a prediction computation unit that obtains prediction of the user distribution of the traffic amount at a desired future point in time using a product of the user distribution of the traffic amount which is a starting point of prediction and the transition probability matrix, and a communication band calculation unit that calculates an amount of band facilities required to achieve quali

Abstract: An apparatus including a pixel area including a plurality of pixels arranged in the pixel area, the apparatus includes a first pixel of the plurality of pixels, and a second pixel arranged at a position closer to an edge of the pixel area than the first pixel, wherein each of the first pixel and the second pixel includes a first conversion unit, a second conversion unit surrounding the first conversion unit, and a transistor area provided with a circuit configured to process a signal based on a charge generated in the first conversion unit and the second conversion unit, and wherein a planar distance between the first conversion unit and the transistor area in the second pixel is longer than a planar distance between the first conversion unit and the transistor area in the first pixel.

Abstract: An apparatus includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of microlenses. Each of the pixels has a first conversion unit and a second conversion unit surrounding the first conversion unit. The first conversion unit and the second conversion unit each have a light portion to receive light from a corresponding microlens. The first conversion unit and the second conversion unit are under the corresponding microlens. The pixels includes two or more pixels varying in an area ratio between an area of the light *portion of the first conversion unit and an area of the light portion of the second conversion unit.

Abstract: An image sensor comprising a pixel portion that is constituted by a plurality of pixels, and includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group, wherein each of the pixels included in the first pixel group and the second pixel group includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; and a plurality of transfer gates that respectively correspond to the photoelectric conversion portions, and have transfer gate electrodes covering same partial regions in the photoelectric conversion portions, and an average position of barycenters of respective light receivable regions of the photoelectric conversion portions included in each pixel of the first pixel group and an average position of barycenters of respective light receivable regions of the photoelectric conversion portions included in each pixel of the second pixel group are at positions different from each other in the pixels.

Abstract: An image pickup device according to an embodiment includes pixels each configured to output an analog signal based on electric charges produced in a photoelectric conversion unit and a control unit configured to control a gain applied to the analog signal to be at least a first gain and a second gain greater than the first gain in accordance with a signal value of the analog signal. Each of the pixels outputs, as the analog signal, a first signal and a second signal based on electric charges produced in the photoelectric conversion unit in a first exposure period and a second exposure period shorter than the first exposure period. The control unit controls the gain applied to the analog signal by selecting one from the first gain and the second gain in accordance with the signal value, for at least one of the first signal and the second signal.

Abstract: An image pickup device according to an embodiment includes pixels each configured to output an analog signal based on electric charges produced in a photoelectric conversion unit and a control unit configured to control a gain applied to the analog signal to be at least a first gain and a second gain greater than the first gain in accordance with a signal value of the analog signal. Each of the pixels outputs, as the analog signal, a first signal and a second signal based on electric charges produced in the photoelectric conversion unit in a first exposure period and a second exposure period shorter than the first exposure period. The control unit controls the gain applied to the analog signal by selecting one from the first gain and the second gain in accordance with the signal value, for at least one of the first signal and the second signal.

Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes first and second signal lines, first and second circuits, and a switch. Signals based on electric charges generated in first and second photoelectric conversion portions are to be read out to the first and second signal lines, respectively. The first circuit includes a first input unit to which the first signal line is connected. The first circuit is configured to perform processing of a signal input to the first input unit, with a first gain. The second circuit includes a second input unit to which the second signal line is connected. The second circuit is configured to perform processing of a signal input to the second input unit. The switch is configured to perform switching between a connected state and a disconnected state between the first signal line and the second signal line.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel that outputs a pixel signal of an analog signal, a readout unit that converts the pixel signal into a digital signal to generate a digital pixel signal, a memory unit that stores the digital pixel signal, and a first inspection signal output unit that outputs a first inspection signal to the memory unit such that the memory unit stores the first inspection signal. The first inspection signal stored in the memory unit is output from the memory unit in a period after output of the digital pixel signal of a frame ends and before output of the digital pixel signal of a next frame starts.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel that outputs a pixel signal of an analog signal, a readout unit that converts the pixel signal into a digital signal to generate a digital pixel signal, a memory unit that stores the digital pixel signal, and a first inspection signal output unit that outputs a first inspection signal to the memory unit such that the memory unit stores the first inspection signal. The first inspection signal stored in the memory unit is output from the memory unit in a period after output of the digital pixel signal of a frame ends and before output of the digital pixel signal of a next frame starts.

Abstract: An apparatus including: first and second photoelectric converting portions; a charge detecting portion; a transistor outputting a pixel signal; first and second sampling and holding capacitors; an amplifier; and a controlling unit controlling gain in first and second mode. The pixel signal is one of: a first signal at a time of resetting of charge; a second signal including a charge component of the first photoelectric converting portion and a noise component; and a third signal including the first component, a charge component of the second photoelectric converting portion, and a noise component. In the first mode, the controlling unit uses a first gain. In the second mode, the controlling unit uses second gain to the first signal, third gain to the third signal of the first sampling and holding capacitor, and second gain to the third signal of the second sampling and holding capacitor.

Abstract: An image sensor comprising a pixel portion that is constituted by a plurality of pixels, and includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group, wherein each of the pixels included in the first pixel group and the second pixel group includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; and a plurality of transfer gates that respectively correspond to the photoelectric conversion portions, and have transfer gate electrodes covering same partial regions in the photoelectric conversion portions, and an average position of barycenters of respective light receivable regions of the photoelectric conversion portions included in each pixel of the first pixel group and an average position of barycenters of respective light receivable regions of the photoelectric conversion portions included in each pixel of the second pixel group are at positions different from each other in the pixels.

Abstract: An image sensor comprising a pixel portion that is constituted by a plurality of pixels, and includes a first pixel group and a second pixel group, wherein each of the pixels included in the first pixel group and the second pixel group includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; and a plurality of transfer gates that respectively correspond to the photoelectric conversion portions, and have transfer gate electrodes covering same partial regions in the photoelectric conversion portions, and an average position of barycenters of respective light receivable regions of the photoelectric conversion portions included in each pixel of the first pixel group and an average position of barycenters of respective light receivable regions of the photoelectric conversion portions included in each pixel of the second pixel group are at positions different from each other in the pixels.