Image pick-up apparatus and image pick-up system

Abstract

An output level difference in the case of using a joint line as a boundary, a bright line, a black bar, or the like is suppressed. A solid-state image pick-up apparatus in which, on a substrate having a plurality of photoelectric converting areas (photodiodes), a solid-state image pick-up element provided with at least one pattern layer formed by divisional exposure and a lens for introducing light into the plurality of photoelectric converting areas of the solid-state image pick-up element are formed. By setting a center of an optical axis of the lens to an approximate joint position between the pattern layers where the pattern layers have been joined by the divisional exposure, the output level difference of a pixel output of the solid-state image pick-up element on the right and left sides of the joint position is suppressed.

1 . An image pick-up apparatus comprising, a solid-state image pick-up device comprising at least one pattern layer formed by divisional exposure and a lens for condensing light into said solid-state image pick-up device, 
 wherein a center of an optical axis of said lens is set to an approximate a portion of joint region between said pattern layers of said divisional exposure.    
   
   
       2 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a center of an effective pixel area comprising a plurality of pixels of said solid-state image pick-up device is set onto said approximate joint region between said pattern layers.  
   
   
       3 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said solid-state image pick-up device has a light shielding layer and said pattern layers are provided above said light shielding layer.  
   
   
       4 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said pattern layer is a micro lens layer.  
   
   
       5 . An apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein said pattern layer is a layer arranged almost in parallel with said joint region.  
   
   
       6 . An image pick-up apparatus comprising a solid-state image pick-up device provided with a plurality of pattern layers formed by divisional exposure and a lens for condensing light into said solid-state image pick-up device, 
 wherein a center of an optical axis of said lens is set to an approximate joint region between the first pattern layers of said divisional exposure and does not coincide with a joint region between the second pattern layers.    
   
   
       7 . An apparatus according to  claim 6 , wherein said first pattern layer is a micro lens layer.  
   
   
       8 . An image pick-up apparatus comprising a solid-state image pick-up element provided with at least one pattern layer formed by divisional exposure and a mount to fix a lens for introducing light into said plurality of photoelectric converting areas of said solid-state image pick-up element are formed, 
 wherein a positional relation between said solid-state image pick-up element and said mount is predetermined so that a center of an optical axis of said lens is set to an approximate joint region between said pattern layers of said divisional exposure.