Solid-state image sensing apparatus, control method therefor, image sensing apparatus, basic layout of photoelectric conversion cell, and storage medium
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-005/335
H04N-005/232
H04N-005/235
H04N-005/238
출원번호
US-0374629
(1999-08-16)
우선권정보
JP-0234703 (1998-08-20); JP-0210776 (1999-07-26)
발명자
/ 주소
Kondo, Kenichi
Niwa, Yukichi
Sakai, Shinji
Saga, Yoshihiro
출원인 / 주소
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
대리인 / 주소
Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
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초록▼
An object of this invention is to provide a solid-state image sensing apparatus capable of performing high-precision AF and AE without adding any camera mechanism or increasing power consumption. To achieve this object, at least S 1 and S 2 among photoelectric conversion cells output signals not for
An object of this invention is to provide a solid-state image sensing apparatus capable of performing high-precision AF and AE without adding any camera mechanism or increasing power consumption. To achieve this object, at least S 1 and S 2 among photoelectric conversion cells output signals not for forming an image signal in a solid-state image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out.
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1. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out,wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric conversion cells include first photoelectric conversion cell
1. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out,wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric conversion cells include first photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for forming an image signal, and second photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for focus adjustment or performing photometry so that the first photoelectric conversion cells can accumulate appropriate amounts of photoelectric charges,wherein each predetermined number of the second photoelectric conversion cells are surrounded by the first photoelectric conversion cells, andwherein the first photoelectric conversion cells and second photoelectric conversion cells have different structures. 2. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out,wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric conversion cells are formed by repetition of basic layouts of photoelectric conversion cells for detecting a plurality of colors, and include first photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for forming an image signal, and second photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for focus adjustment or performing photometry so that the first photoelectric conversion cells can accumulate appropriate amounts of photoelectric charges,wherein one photoelectric conversion cell in at least some basic layouts of the photoelectric conversion cells is the second photoelectric conversion cell, and the second photoelectric conversion cell is surrounded by the first photoelectric conversion cells, andwherein the first photoelectric conversion cells and second photoelectric conversion cells have different structures. 3. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out,wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric conversion cells are formed by repetition of basic layouts of photoelectric conversion cells for detecting a plurality of colors, and include first photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for forming an image signal, and second photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for focus adjustment or performing photometry so that the first photoelectric conversion cells can accumulate appropriate amounts of photoelectric charges,wherein one photoelectric conversion cell in at least some basic layouts of the photoelectric conversion cells is the second photoelectric conversion cell, and the second photoelectric conversion cell is surrounded by the first photoelectric conversion cells, andwherein each photoelectric conversion cell for outputting a signal not for forming an image signal has a microlens arranged on a photoelectric conversion portion, and a light-shielding film which is formed between the microlens and the photoelectric conversion portion and has a specific opening, the photoelectric conversion cells are classified into first photoelectric conversion cells in each of which the opening of the light-shielding film offsets from an optical center of the microlens, and second photoelectric conversion cells in each of which the opening of the light-shielding film offsets from the optical center of the microlens in an opposite direction to the first photoelectric conversion cell, and at least one region of the image sensing region has a layout made up of a first row on which basic layouts including the first photoelectric conversion cells are aligned and a second row adjacent to the first row on which basic layouts including the second photoelectric conversion cells are aligned. 4. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical syste m into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out,wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric conversion cells are formed by repetition of basic layouts of photoelectric conversion cells for detecting a plurality of colors, and include first photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for forming an image signal, and second photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for focus adjustment or performing photometry so that the first photoelectric conversion cells can accumulate appropriate amounts of photoelectric charges,wherein one photoelectric conversion cell in at least some basic layouts of the photoelectric conversion cells is the second photoelectric conversion cell, and the second photoelectric conversion cell is surrounded by the first photoelectric conversion cells, andwherein photoelectric conversion cell for outputting a signal not for forming an image signal has a microlens arranged on a photoelectric conversion portion, and a light-shielding film which is formed between the microlens and the photoelectric conversion portion and has a specific opening, the photoelectric conversion cells are classified into first photoelectric conversion cells in each of which the opening of the light-shielding film offsets from an optical center of the microlens, and second photoelectric conversion cells in each of which the opening of the light-shielding film offsets from the optical center of the microlens in an opposite direction to the first photoelectric conversion cell, and at least one region of the image sensing region has a layout made up of a first row on which basic layouts including the first photoelectric conversion cells are aligned and second rows adjacent to upper and lower sides of the first row on which basic layouts including the second photoelectric conversion cells are aligned. 5. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out,wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric conversion cells are formed by repetition of basic layouts of photoelectric conversion cells for detecting a plurality of colors, and include first photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for forming an image signal, and second photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for focus adjustment or performing photometry so that the first photoelectric conversion cells can accumulate appropriate amounts of photoelectric charges,wherein one photoelectric conversion cell in at least some basic layouts of the photoelectric conversion cells is the second photoelectric conversion cell, and the second photoelectric conversion cell is surrounded by the first photoelectric conversion cells, andwherein each photoelectric conversion cell for outputting a signal not for forming an image signal has a microlens arranged on a photoelectric conversion portion, and a light-shielding film which is formed between the microlens and the photoelectric conversion portion and has a specific opening, the photoelectric conversion cells are classified into first photoelectric conversion cells in each of which the opening of the light-shielding film offsets from an optical center of the microlens, and second photoelectric conversion cells in each of which the opening of the light-shielding film offsets from the optical center of the microlens in an opposite direction to the first photoelectric conversion cell, and at least part of the image sensing region has a layout in which basic layouts including the first photoelectric conversion cells and basic layouts including the second photoelectric conversion cells are alternately laid out. 6. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out,wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric convers ion cells are formed by repetition of basic layouts of photoelectric conversion cells for detecting a plurality of colors, and include first photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for forming an image signal, and second photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for focus adjustment or performing photometry so that the first photoelectric conversion cells can accumulate appropriate amounts of photoelectric charges,wherein one photoelectric conversion cell in at least some basic layouts of the photoelectric conversion cells is the second photoelectric conversion cell, and the second photoelectric conversion cell is surrounded by the first photoelectric conversion cells, andwherein each photoelectric conversion cell for outputting a signal not for generating an image signal has a microlens arranged on a photoelectric conversion portion, and a light-shielding film which is formed between the microlens and the photoelectric conversion portion and has a specific opening, the photoelectric conversion cells are classified into first photoelectric conversion cells in each of which the opening of the light-shielding film offsets from an optical center of the microlens, and second photoelectric conversion cells in each of which the opening of the light-shielding film offsets from the optical center of the microlens in an opposite direction to the first photoelectric conversion cell, and at least one region of the image sensing region has a layout made up of a given first row on which basic layouts including the first and second photoelectric conversion cells are alternately laid out, and a second row on which first and second basic layouts are laid out as opposed to a first row adjacent to the given first row. 7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a focus of the optical system for forming an object image on an image sensing element is adjusted by a phase difference between a signal output from an array of the first photoelectric conversion cells and a signal output from an array of the second photoelectric conversion cells. 8. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out,wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric conversion cells are formed by repetition of basic layouts of photoelectric conversion cells for detecting a plurality of colors, and include first photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for forming an image signal, and second photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for focus adjustment or performing photometry so that the first photoelectric conversion cells can accumulate appropriate amounts of photoelectric charges,wherein one photoelectric conversion cell in at least some basic layouts of the photoelectric conversion cells is the second photoelectric conversion cell, and the second photoelectric conversion cell is surrounded by the first photoelectric conversion cells, andwherein the photoelectric conversion cell for outputting a signal not for forming an image signal has a light-shielding film with a specific opening on a photoelectric conversion portion, and photoelectric conversion cells having openings with different opening degrees are arranged at an arbitrary location in the image sensing region. 9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein exposure control is performed based on outputs from the photoelectric conversion cells having different opening degrees. 10. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a timing generator which generates a first driving signal for reading out the signals from the first and second photoelectric conversion cells, and a second driving signal for reading out the signals from the first photoelectric conversion cells, which do not include the signals from the second photoelectric conversion cells. 11. The apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising a switching c ircuit which switches photographing modes between a first photographing mode in which an image signal is generated from the signals read out from the first and second photoelectric conversion cells by the first driving signal and a second photographing mode in which an image signal is generated from the signals read out from the first photoelectric conversion cells by the second driving signal. 12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the timing generator generates a third driving signal for reading out the signals from the second photoelectric conversion cells, which do not include the signals from the first photoelectric conversion cells, and the switching circuit switches states of the timing generator between a state in which the timing generator generates the second driving signal and a state in which the timing generator generates the third driving signal. 13. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first photoelectric conversion cells are used for generating a luminance signal and a color difference signal as the image signal. 14. An image sensing apparatus in which photoelectric conversion cells for converting an optical image formed by an optical system into an electrical signal are two-dimensionally laid out, wherein the two-dimensionally laid out photoelectric conversion cells include first photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for forming an image signal, and second photoelectric conversion cells for obtaining signals for focus adjustment, wherein each predetermined number of the second photoelectric conversion cells are surrounded by the first photoelectric conversion cells, and wherein the first photoelectric conversion cells and second photoelectric conversion cells have different structures, the image sensing apparatus comprising a controller which performs focus adjustment by calculating a relationship between images obtained from the second photoelectric conversion cells.
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