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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120069228 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS MANUFACTURING METHOD A photoelectric conversion apparatus having a pixel array region and a peripheral region includes a pixel array, a readout unit, an output unit, a plurality of output lines, and a color filter layer which is arranged in the pixel array region and the peripheral region a... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120044395 | IMAGE SENSORS WITH ANTIREFLECTIVE LAYERS An electronic device may have an image sensor array that captures images. The image sensor array may include antireflective layers that increase the efficiency of the image sensor in gathering incoming light. The image sensor array may include a first antireflective lay... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120033114 | ACTIVE DEVICE ARRAY SUBSTRATE An active device array substrate including a substrate, multiple scan lines, multiple data lines, multiple of pixels are provided. The scan lines and the data lines are disposed on the substrate. Each pixel includes multiple sub-pixels including at least a transistor, a... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120019694 | RECORDING SUCCESSIVE FRAMES OF RAW SENSOR DATA DEPICTING A MOVING SCENE The recording of successive frames of raw sensor data depicting a moving scene is provided. The raw sensor data comprises pixel data for an image sensor having pixels arranged in correspondence to a mosaic of plural different colors in a color filter array. A first samp... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019669 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE SENSORS Systems and methods are provided for calibrating image sensors. In some embodiments, a processing module of an image system can automatically perform a self-calibration process after a production unit of an image sensor has been integrated into an end product system. Fo... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019633 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC SYNCHRONIZATION OF AUDIO AND VIDEO SIGNALS Described herein are techniques which facilitate the automatic synchronization of audio and video signals between an entertainment device and a presentation device. A sensing device detects and records timing information from a video test pattern generated by an enterta... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019695 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING DARK SIDEWALLS BETWEEN COLOR FILTERS TO REDUCE OPTICAL CROSSTALK An apparatus and technique for fabricating an image sensor including the dark sidewall films disposed between adjacent color filters. The image sensor further includes an array of photosensitive elements disposed in a substrate layer, a color filter array (“CFA”) in... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120008023 | IMPROVING THE DEPTH OF FIELD IN AN IMAGING SYSTEM A method is described of capturing an image. The method comprising the steps of: exposing an image sensor to radiation from a first part of the electromagnetic spectrum using a first aperture and to radiation from a second part of the spectrum using a second aperture ha... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110317047 | HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PARTITIONED IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINE Methods and systems may provide for an image processing pipeline having a hardware module to spatially filter a raw image in the horizontal direction to obtain intermediate image data. The pipeline can also include a set of instructions which, if executed by a processor... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310276 | OPTICAL APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS USING THE SAME An optical apparatus and an imaging apparatus capable of facilitating capturing images with a simpler structure are provided. The imaging apparatus includes a color filter divided into a plurality of regions, each of the regions configured to allow light of a preset wav... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310014 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND PROJECTION TYPE IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS In an image pickup apparatus, a visible light cut filter allows infrared components to pass through, and blocks visible light components. A plurality of image pickup devices receive the light transmitted through the visible light cut filter such that a plurality of colo... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310277 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING MODULE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements configured to perform photoelectric conversion on incident light. The device also includes a color filter array including at least three kinds of color filters different in filtering ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304753 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME The present disclosure provides an imaging device in which an additional member for switching an installation state of an IR cut filter does not have to be provided and which can flexibly use infrared light. An imaging device (1) rec... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110285880 | COLOR FILTER ARRAY ALIGNMENT MARK FORMATION IN BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGE SENSORS A backside illuminated image sensor includes a sensor layer comprising photosensitive elements of the pixel array, an epitaxial layer formed on a frontside surface of the sensor layer, and a color filter array formed on a backside surface of the sensor layer. The epitax... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110273596 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE USING THE SAME An image pickup device includes a signal processing unit which processes a signal generated by separating a luminous signal into wavelength components of two or more colors by use of a sensor unit including two-dimensionally arranged pixels to which a wavelength separat... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110261238 | PATTERN OF COLOR FILTER ARRAY The present invention relates to a pattern of a color filter array. The pattern includes a plurality of pixel arrays, which has four color filters arranged in an array. The color of the neighboring color filters is distinct to each other. Moreover, the pattern of the co... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110249157 | CAMERA DESIGN FOR THE SIMULTANEOUS CAPTURE OF NEAR-INFRARED AND VISIBLE IMAGES The present invention aims to capture two images simultaneously in the visible part of the spectrum and a NIR image. This is achieved through a camera for simultaneously capturing a visible and near-infrared image by at least a sensor producing sensor response data and ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242349 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE A solid-state image capturing device includes: a semiconductor substrate having a photosensitive surface including a matrix of pixels as respective photoelectric converters; and a photochromic film disposed in a light path through which light is applied to each of the p... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110242351 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of common pixel sections arranged in a matrix form so that pixel signals of a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in the same row can be output; a plurality of row address lines ... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110228147 | Image pickup apparatus and camera At least some of the pixels on which color filters that give the largest weight to a brightness signal or color filters that have the highest transmittance among the plurality of color filters are provided are pixels for focus detection that are designed in such a way t... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228148 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION FILM STACK-TYPE SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS A photoelectric conversion film stack-type solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate, a photoelectric conversion layer, a photoelectric conversion layer, and a conductive light shield film. A signal reading portion is formed on the semiconductor subs... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228149 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a photodiode module in which first photodiodes corresponding to high-sensitivity pixels and second photodiodes corresponding to low-sensitivity pixels are alternately arranged at preset pitch P in a semi... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110216228 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING ELEMENT, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING ELEMENT AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE A solid-state image sensing element includes a plurality of pixels, a color filter, a plurality of vertical charge transfer paths, a plurality of readout electrode portions. The pixels are formed on one face of a semiconductor substrate in a two-dimensional array arrang... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216230 | Image data processing apparatus and electronic camera An image data processing apparatus includes a data size conversion device that changes a data size of an image data at an optional ratio, the image data has a plurality of pixels each of which includes any one of a plurality of color components, and the plurality of col... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110216229 | NANOSTRUCTURED SPECTRAL FILTER AND IMAGE SENSOR A spectral filter (150.1-150.4) comprising at least one metallic layer (101) structured by at least one hole (250.1-250.4) passing through two opposite mains faces of the metallic layer and comprising, in a plane parallel to a plane of... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110211099 | GENERALIZED ASSORTED PIXEL CAMERA SYSTEMS AND METHODS Generalized assorted pixel camera systems and methods are provided. In accordance with some embodiments, the generalized assorted pixel camera systems include a color filter array, where the color filter array includes a plurality of primary filters and a plurality of s... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110211079 | MODIFYING VISUAL PERCEPTION Various embodiments directed to modifying and enhancing visual perception are disclosed. One embodiment is directed to a camera which includes a lens system for capturing images and a lighting system providing key light above the lens system and providing fill light bel... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110211098 | NOISE FILTER FOR BAYER PATTERN IMAGE DATA A method of filtering an image filter is disclosed. The filter is provided for a digital camera including image sensors sensitive to light, a color filter placed over sensitive elements of the sensors and patterned according to a Bayer mosaic pattern layout and an inter... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110205410 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING COLOR FILTERS Provided is an image sensor having a color filter. The image sensor includes a photoelectric conversion device formed in a semiconductor substrate. Interlayer insulating layers are laminated on an upper portion of the semiconductor substrate. The interlayer insulating l... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110194000 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE A photoelectric conversion element includes a pair of electrodes, a photoelectric conversion layer, a charge blocking layer, an intermediate layer. The photoelectric conversion layer contains an organic material between the electrodes. The charge blocking layer is dispo... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110181762 | Image processing apparatus and image processing method According to the embodiments, there is provided an image processing apparatus including: an acquisition section configured to acquire 3×3 pixel block data to have one red pixel at a center; an estimation section configured to compute blue value differences between blue... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110181763 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT OF THE TYPE ILLUMINATED FROM BOTH FACES In an image capture device according to the present invention, a number of photosensitive cells are arranged between a first surface 30a of a semiconductor layer and its second surface 30b, which is opposed to the first surface, and the devic... | 07/28/2011 |
| 20110176036 | IMAGE INTERPOLATION METHOD USING BAYER PATTERN CONVERSION, APPARATUS FOR THE SAME, AND RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING THE METHOD A method of interpolating a signal output from an image sensor including a pixel array having an M×N matrix as a basic pixel block where M and N are integers is provided. The method includes selecting a target pixel signal from among pixel signals output from the basic... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110141321 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORMING A LENS-DISTORTED IMAGE TO A PERSPECTIVE IMAGE IN BAYER SPACE A method and apparatus is provided for rendering an image. The method includes capturing a distorted input image using a color filter array to obtain an input image pattern having a single color channel per pixel. The input image is transformed to an input image signal.... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110134293 | CAMERA The camera according to the present invention has an imaging unit, a sensor having a quantum efficiency of 60% or higher in a visible light range for detecting a focal point adjustment state in the imaging unit, and a control unit for outputting a control signal for adj... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110134291 | Image-processing device for color image data and method for the image processing of color image data A digital image-processing device with a Bayer sensor and an image memory is provided in which the image data of the sensor is written into an image memory, and from this image memory, image data in the Bayer format with a length L and a width B is written continuously ... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110122302 | COLOR SENSOR A pixel that detects short-wavelength light is provided in a light receiving unit on a silicon substrate and has a first color filter. A pixel that detects long-wavelength light is provided in the light receiving unit on the silicon substrate, is provided in a position ... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110108938 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING WAVEGUIDES FORMED IN COLOR FILTERS An image sensor having an array of pixels disposed in a substrate. Each pixel includes a photosensitive element, a color filter, and waveguide walls. The waveguide walls are disposed in the color filter and surround portions of the color filter to form waveguides throug... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109776 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS An imaging device includes a plurality of pixels each of which includes a microlens, first and second photoelectric conversion portions. The first photoelectric conversion portion is between the microlens and a focal point of the microlens. The second photoelectric conv... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110109777 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HIGH PERFORMANCE COLOR FILTER MOSAIC ARRAY A method of implementing high-performance color filter mosaic arrays (CFA) using luminance pixels. The introduction of luminance pixels greatly improves the accuracy of the image acquisition process for a given pixel and image sensor size.... | 05/12/2011 |
