Solid-state imaging device, electronic apparatus, lens control method, and vehicle

Abstract

The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device, an electronic apparatus, a lens control method, and a vehicle capable of suppressing deterioration in quality of a captured image. A sub block includes a plurality of pixels of the same color, a block includes a plurality of sub blocks including different colors, and phase difference detection pixels are disposed at positions corresponding to each other in two or more sub blocks in a case in which the phase difference detection pixels are disposed in two or more sub blocks among the plurality of sub blocks configuring the block. For example, the present technology is able to be applied to a camera that calculates an amount of a deviation of a focus and performs focus control on a basis of a calculated defocus amount.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An imager, comprising:
 a block including a first sub block and a second sub block, wherein
 each sub block of the first sub block and the second sub block comprises a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel, 
 the first pixel is diagonal to the fourth pixel, 
 the second pixel is diagonal to the third pixel, 
 each of the first pixel and the fourth pixel is a phase difference detection pixel having a light shielding portion, 
 the light shielding portion of the first pixel of the first sub block is on a left side of the first pixel, 
 the light shielding portion of the fourth pixel of the first sub block is on a left side of the fourth pixel, 
 the light shielding portion of the first pixel of the second sub block is on a right side of the first pixel, and 
 the light shielding portion of the fourth pixel of the second sub block is on a right side of the fourth pixel. 
   
     
     
         2 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first pixel and the fourth pixel of each sub block includes a light transmitting portion, and   the light transmitting portion is a portion of one of the first pixel or the fourth pixel not covered by the light shielding portion.   
     
     
         3 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the first pixel of the first sub block and the first pixel of the second sub block constitute a first pair of phase difference detection pixels, and   the fourth pixel of the first sub block and the fourth pixel of the second sub block constitute a second pair of phase difference detection pixels.   
     
     
         4 . The imager according to  claim 3 , wherein
 a first phase difference detection pixel of the first pair of phase difference detection pixels configured to detect a phase difference in a first direction is disposed in two pixels of the first sub block, and   a second phase difference detection pixel of the first pair of phase difference detection pixels is disposed in two pixels of the second sub block of the same color as the first sub block.   
     
     
         5 . The imager according to  claim 4 , wherein
 the block further includes a third sub block and a fourth sub block,   a first phase difference detection pixel of a third pair of phase difference detection pixels configured to detect a phase difference in a second direction different from the first direction is disposed in two pixels of the third sub block of which a color is different from the color of the first sub block, and   a second phase difference detection pixel of the third pair of phase difference detection pixels is disposed in two pixels of the fourth sub block of the same color as the third sub block.   
     
     
         6 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, and the fourth pixel in each of the first sub block and the second sub block are of the same color. 
     
     
         7 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the first sub block and the second sub block includes 2×2 pixels adjacent to each other. 
     
     
         8 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein a number of phase difference detection pixels in the block is equal to or greater than two and is equal to or less than four. 
     
     
         9 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein a number of phase difference detection pixels in each of the first sub block and the second sub block is one or two. 
     
     
         10 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein each of the first sub block and the second sub block is one of a red sub block or a blue sub block. 
     
     
         11 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein the phase difference detection pixel is configured to detect:
 a first phase difference in one of a horizontal direction or a vertical direction, or   a second phase difference in one of an upper left diagonal direction or a lower right diagonal direction.   
     
     
         12 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein the phase difference detection pixel is configured to receive light through a color filter. 
     
     
         13 . The imager according to  claim 12 , wherein the phase difference detection pixel is separately detected for each color of the color filter. 
     
     
         14 . The imager according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the block further includes a third sub block and a fourth sub block, and   the first sub block, the second sub block, the third sub block, and the fourth sub block are Bayer-arranged sub blocks.   
     
     
         15 . An electronic apparatus, comprising:
 an imager comprising a block including a first sub block and a second sub block, wherein
 each sub block of the first sub block and the second sub block comprises a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel for photoelectric conversion of light from a subject; and 
   circuitry configured to control driving of a lens for the light to be incident on the imager, wherein
 the first pixel is diagonal to the fourth pixel, 
 the second pixel is diagonal to the third pixel, 
 each of the first pixel and the fourth pixel is a phase difference detection pixel having a light shielding portion, 
 the light shielding portion of the first pixel of the first sub block is on a left side of the first pixel, 
 the light shielding portion of the fourth pixel of the first sub block is on a left side of the fourth pixel, 
 the light shielding portion of the first pixel of the second sub block is on a right side of the first pixel, and 
 the light shielding portion of the fourth pixel of the second sub block is on a right side of the fourth pixel.