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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110043483 | DISPLAY, TOUCH PANEL AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A display with a touch panel allowed to achieve high response performance while reducing power consumption is obtained. The display includes a plurality of display elements performing display based on picture signals supplied to a plurality of picture signal lines, resp... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110037871 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DATA TRANSFER CIRCUIT, AND CAMERA SYSTEM To make it possible to appropriately set a capturing timing for a pixel value. For this, the present invention includes a pixel array unit 2 composed of pixels 21 arranged in a row direction and a column direction in a matrix ... | 02/17/2011 |
| 20110033968 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a second i... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110031466 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME Disclosed herein is a semiconductor memory device, including: a first electrode formed on a substrate; an ion source layer formed on an upper layer of the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on an upper layer of the ion source layer. Resistance change type me... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110027932 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME A solid-state image pickup device includes an element isolation insulating film electrically isolating pixels on the surface of a well region; a first isolation diffusion layer electrically isolating the pixels under the element isolation insulating film; and a second i... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110025872 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including: a semiconductor layer in which a photodiode for carrying out photoelectric conversion is formed; a first film containing negative fixed charges and formed on the semiconductor layer in a region in which ... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110019041 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND CAMERA A solid-state imaging device includes: photodiodes formed for pixels arranged on a light sensing surface of a semiconductor substrate; a signal reading unit formed on the semiconductor substrate to read a signal charge or a voltage; an insulating film formed on the semi... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110019025 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE HAVING SIGNAL NOISE REDUCTION CIRCUITRY A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixels arranged in the form of an array, column signal lines adapted to transmit pixel signals output from pixels in respective columns, a noise adding unit adapted to add temporally constan... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110013289 | DRIVER A driver includes: a first member that holds a lens; a second member to which the first member is fixed; and drive means for driving the second member, wherein a portion in which at least part of the drive means is accommodated is provided in the side surface of the sec... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20110008034 | IMAGING APPARATUS An imaging apparatus includes: a first member that holds a lens; a second member to which the first member is fixed; and drive means for driving the second member in the vertical direction relative to an imaging plane of an imaging device, wherein the first member has d... | 01/13/2011 |
| 20100328478 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE Disclosed herein is a photoelectric conversion device having unit pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the unit pixels including: a photoelectric conversion element; a source follower readout transistor configured to receive a signal charge arising from photoelectric co... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328438 | STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE DISPLAYING DEVICE, OBJECT PROXIMITY DETECTING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A stereoscopic image displaying device includes an outer surface that a detection target object approaches; a stereoscopic image generating unit that generates a three-dimensional stereoscopic image based on an input video signal, and a proximity sensor unit that is dis... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328274 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD Disclosed herein is a display device, including: a display surface; a display functional layer adapted to control the display of a screen viewed from outside the display surface; a drive control section operable to perform display scanning and driving adapted to scan an... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328259 | TOUCH SENSOR AND DISPLAY DEVICE A touch sensor that may detect an object away from the sensor is provided. The touch sensor includes one or more drive electrodes; one or more detection electrodes forming capacitance in cooperation with the respective drive electrodes; a detection circuit applying driv... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328257 | METHOD OF DRIVING TOUCH PANEL, CAPACITANCE-TYPE TOUCH PANEL, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS WITH TOUCH DETECTION FUNCTION A capacitance-type touch panel, allowing disturbance noise and touch detection time to be reduced and having a simple configuration, is provided. The capacitance-type touch panel including: a plurality of drive electrodes each having a strip shape; a drive control circu... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328256 | TOUCH SENSOR, DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC UNIT A display includes: display pixel electrodes; common electrodes; a display layer; a display control circuit; touch detection electrodes; and a touch detection circuit detecting an external proximity object based on a detection signal obtained from the touch detection el... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328255 | TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING TOUCH SENSOR FUNCTION A touch detection device includes: a detection surface; a plurality of sensor lines formed from a plurality of types of wiring lines having a different line capacitance; and a touch detection unit which detects an electric variation generated in a plurality of the senso... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100328239 | TOUCH SENSOR, DISPLAY AND ELECTRONIC UNIT A display includes: display pixel electrodes; common electrodes; a display layer; a display control circuit performing image display control based on an image signal; touch detection electrodes each arranged to form a capacitance between each of the touch detection elec... | 12/30/2010 |
| 20100321563 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING UNIT A solid-state imaging unit includes: an imaging device receiving light at a light-receiving surface thereof; and a protective component having a light transmissive member covering the light-receiving surface of the imaging device and a frame securing the light transmiss... | 12/23/2010 |
| 20100309395 | FRAME UNIT FOR VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICES, AND VIDEO DISPLAY DEVICE A frame unit for a video display device includes a frame and a polarizer. The frame has a frame body and a plurality of mutually facing legs. The frame body is disposed around a light emitting unit and the legs extend from the frame body and are fitted along side surfac... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100308386 | SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE Forming a back-illuminated type CMOS image sensor, includes process for formation of a registration mark on the wiring side of a silicon substrate during formation of an active region or a gate electrode. A silicide film using an active region may also be used for the r... | 12/09/2010 |
| 20100295824 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT The display device with high detection accuracy includes: display pixel electrodes; a common electrode; a display function layer; a display control circuit performing image display control by applying a pixel voltage to each of the display pixel electrodes and applying ... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100295804 | DISPLAY APPARATUS AND TOUCH DETECTION APPARATUS A display apparatus includes: a display face; a display function layer adapted to vary display on the display face in response to an inputted image signal; a plurality of driving electrodes disposed separately in one direction; a detection scanning control section confi... | 11/25/2010 |
| 20100289765 | DISPLAY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC UNIT The display device with high detection accuracy includes: display pixel electrodes; a common electrode; a display function layer; a display control circuit performing image display control by applying a pixel voltage to each of the display pixel electrodes and applying ... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100283873 | METHOD OF PROCESSING NOISE IN IMAGE DATA, NOISE REDUCTION UNIT, AND IMAGING APPARATUS A method of processing noise in image data by an image processor having a signal-processing portion converting an image signal from an image sensor into a digital signal and outputting the converted signal as image data for each frame, the image data indicating sets of ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100275552 | HIGH SPEED AUTOMATED FILLING OF SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT PACKAGING VIA A CONVEYOR SYSTEM Systems and methods for providing individualized solid pharmaceutical product packaging solutions preferably utilize a plurality of filling stations preferably arranged proximate to a conveyor system. Each of the filling stations may be embodied as a version of a conven... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100271527 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ITS PRODUCTION METHOD A solid-state imaging device of the type having photoelectric conversion elements formed in a matrix pattern on a semiconductor substrate, vertical transfer elements each of which reads signal charges from the photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the column dir... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100271336 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, DISPLAY-AND-IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Provided is an image pickup device with which object detection can be performed with a good stability no matter in what use conditions. A display area 21 of an I/O display panel 20 is provided therein with a plurality of main sensors 32 each includi... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100271321 | INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE An information input device includes an input panel including an illumination light source, a plurality of first light-receiving elements and one or more second light-receiving elements, the illumination light source emitting detection light for detecting an external pr... | 10/28/2010 |
| 20100267185 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SUCH SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE A back-illuminated type solid-state image pickup device (1041) includes read circuits (Tr1, Tr2) formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (1042) to read a signal from a photo-electric conversion element (PD) formed on the semiconduc... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100264474 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING SUCH SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE A back-illuminated type solid-state image pickup device (1041) includes read circuits (Tr1, Tr2) formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (1042) to read a signal from a photo-electric conversion element (PD) formed on the semiconduc... | 10/21/2010 |
| 20100262724 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND MODE SETTING METHOD Disclosed herein is a semiconductor storage device operable in a plurality of operation modes each having a separate maximum current consumption. The device includes: a data communication section configured to be capable of performing data communication in a plurality o... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100259697 | STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY A stereoscopic display includes: a display panel configured to display an image in either one of two or more arrangement states including a first arrangement state and a second arrangement state which are switchable with each other; and a lens array device arranged to f... | 10/14/2010 |
| 20100253642 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE INPUT DEVICE AND IMAGE INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE An image processing apparatus which is allowed to achieve a higher speed of a labeling process than ever before is provided. Sequential scanning is performed on pixels in a picked-up image represented by binarized data Din. Moreover, during the sequential scanning, whil... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100245955 | LIGHT IRRADIATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD A light irradiation device includes: a focus servo control unit including a light source, a spatial light modulating unit, and a light irradiating unit, for focus servo control so that the ideal focal position of light via an objective lens is such that distance between... | 09/30/2010 |
| 20100238340 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT INCLUDING A THINNING METHOD TO DISCHARGE UNNECESSARY IMAGE DATA In a case where a thinning operation is implemented at the point when signal charges are read out from each of pixels to thin out pixel information by lines (row), the thinning may be performed only in the vertical direction, but not in the horizontal direction. In an a... | 09/23/2010 |
| 20100230773 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME A solid-state image pickup device includes: a silicon layer; a pixel portion formed in the silicon layer for processing and outputting signal charges obtained by carrying out photoelectric conversion for incident lights; an alignment mark formed in a periphery of the pi... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100230005 | AUTOMATED SOLID PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT PACKAGING MACHINE A fully automated pharmaceutical product packaging machine is capable of selectively depositing one or more different solid pharmaceutical products into an individual cavity for each of a plurality of individual patient product package cavities. The system employs a plu... | 09/16/2010 |
| 20100225774 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAME Disclosed herein is a solid-state image pickup element, including a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion for converting a quantity of incident light into an electric signal, and a plurality of pixel transistors; wiring layers formed on one ... | 09/09/2010 |
| 20100225612 | DISPLAY APPARATUS A display apparatus includes: a first and second substrates disposed in an opposing relationship to each other; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed adjacent the first substrate; a displaying function layer exhibits an image displaying function based on an image sig... | 09/09/2010 |
