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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127352 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a reading unit having a plurality of pixels connected thereto, holding signals from the pixels, and a control unit capable of controlling operations of the pixels and reading unit. The control unit controls the pixels and re... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120105693 | ZOOM LENS AND PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS A zoom lens according to the invention includes in order starting from an object side a first lens group having a positive refractive power; a second lens group having a negative refractive power and selectively moveable along an optical axis for zooming; an aperture st... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105694 | TIME AD CONVERTER AND SOLID STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE Disclosed is a time AD converter which is provided with an annular delay circuit, a digital signal generation unit, and an annular delay circuit control unit. The annular delay circuit has n delay units (where n is a natural number equal to or larger than 2). The digita... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105692 | ANTI-BLOOMING PIXEL SENSOR CELL WITH ACTIVE NEUTRAL DENSITY FILTER, METHODS OF MANUFACTURE, AND DESIGN STRUCTURE A method of preventing blooming in a pixel array includes affecting an amount of light that impinges on a photoelectric conversion element by adjusting a transmissivity of an electrochromic element based on an output of the photoelectric conversion element.... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081585 | DRIVE CIRCUIT OF SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM OF SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE There is provided a drive circuit of a solid-state image pickup device capable of generating pulse for vertical scanning the interval of which changes non-linearly and pulse other than the pulse for vertical scanning without increasing a circuit size and communication t... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069230 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS AND CAMERA USING THE SAME At least a solid-state imaging device and one or a plurality of bare ICs that are disposed on the back face or on the back face side of the solid-state imaging apparatus and serve as peripheral circuits. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interpo... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069209 | LENSLESS CAMERA CONTROLLED VIA MEMS ARRAY A lensless camera may include an array of MEMS-based light-modulating devices. A camera controller may control the MEMS-based light-modulating devices to transmit visible light through, or substantially prevent the transmission of visible light through, predetermined ar... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069229 | UNIVERSAL IMAGE SENSOR CHIP INTERFACE An imaging system including at least one video channel having a plurality of imaging chips. Each imaging chip includes a command interpretation unit. The command interpretation unit includes a clock input, a data-in input and a data valid input. The clock input accepts ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050590 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING OPTICAL SENSOR, OPTICAL SENSOR, AND CAMERA INCLUDING OPTICAL SENSOR A method of manufacturing an optical sensor includes providing a semiconductor wafer including a plurality of pixel areas, providing a light transmissive substrate including a light transmissive wafer with a plurality of light transmissive members attached thereto, the ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050591 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS An image capture apparatus includes a connector, a first terminal resistor having a first resistance value, a second terminal resistor having a second resistance value which is smaller than the first resistance value, and a connection unit. The connection unit is config... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050592 | HIGH-SPEED VIDEO CAMERA A high-speed video camera having a solid-state image sensor consisting of a plurality of pixel blocks arranged lengthwise and breadthwise, each pixel block consisting of a plurality of pixels arranged lengthwise and breadthwise, a control device for controlling so that ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120044341 | OPTOFLUIDIC MICROSCOPE SYSTEM-ON-CHIP An integrated circuit may contain image sensor pixels. Channels containing a fluid with samples such as cells may be formed on top of the image sensor. Control circuitry may be formed on the integrated circuit. The image sensor pixels may form light sensors and imagers.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120038803 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE An exemplary image sensor module includes a plate, an image sensor, and a number of conductive wires. The plate includes a top surface, a bottom surface, an light passing through hole, and a number of conductive pads on the top surface. The sensor includes a first surfa... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038805 | Dynamic Range Optimization and Hot Spot Correction in a Compressive Imaging System A compressive imaging system for optimizing dynamic range during the acquisition of compressed images. A light modulator modulates incident light with spatial patterns to produced modulated light. A light sensing device generates an electrical signal representing intens... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120038804 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, DRIVING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGING APPARATUS A solid-state imaging including a comparing circuit, an inverting circuit, and a masking circuit, and that performs column parallel AD conversion processing of analog pixel signals output from a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix form. The comparin... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120033117 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND DRIVING METHOD A plurality of pixel circuits arranged in rows and columns, and each of which outputs an electric signal according to an amount of received light; a first column signal line provided for each of the columns, and for sequentially transferring the electric signals from sa... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120033116 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND CAMERA A solid-state image sensor includes first-color pixels and second-color pixels, each of the first-color pixels including a first antireflection film and a first color filter, and each of the second-color pixels including a second antireflection film and a second color f... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120026369 | Imaging Pickup Lens, Imaging Pickup Apparatus and Moblile Terminal Provided is a small-sized five-element image pickup lens which ensures a sufficient lens speed of about F2 and exhibits various aberrations being excellently corrected. The image pickup lens is composed of, in order from the object side, a first lens with a positive ref... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120013761 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN IMAGE OF QUALITY MATCHING WITH A SCENE TO BE CAPTURED An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor in which main and auxiliary pixels are bidimensionally arranged for outputting a high and a low output signal, respectively. The user of the camera is allowed to select a desire image quality mode appearing on a monitor... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013778 | METHOD OF DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS When a horizontal skipping operation is performed in a solid-state imaging apparatus that includes an A/D converting circuit in each column and that applies an arithmetic operation process to a digitalized signal and an arithmetic operation is performed with signals hel... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008024 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREFOR, SOLID-STATE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS A solid-state imaging device includes: a semiconductor substrate that has a light sensing portion which photoelectrically converts incident light; an infrared cut filter layer or a light shielding layer that is provided on a surface side opposite to a light receiving su... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120008025 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A solid-state imaging device includes an image sensor chip and a signal processing chip, which are electrically connected. A low thermal conductivity region is positioned between the image sensor chip and the signal processing chip. The low thermal conductivity region i... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120007988 | IMAGING DEVICE, DISPLAY-IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT Disclosed herein is an imaging device including: a plurality of photodetecting elements arranged on a substrate, each having a first semiconductor layer for the channel region; and a plurality of driving elements arranged on the substrate, each having a second semicondu... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120008026 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME, AND IMAGING APPARATUS A solid-state imaging device includes the following elements. A photoelectric conversion section is arranged in a semiconductor layer having a first surface through which light enters the photoelectric conversion section. A signal circuit section is arranged in a second... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120008028 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE According to one embodiment, a pixel outputs a photoelectrically converted signal. A reference ramp generating circuit generates a first ramp wave and a second ramp wave having a step width smaller than that of the first ramp wave. A column ADC circuit performs switchin... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002088 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DISTRIBUTION DETECTOR HAVING A PLURALITY OF UNIT COMPONENTS WITH SENSITIVITY TO A PHYSICAL QUANTITY CHANGE OF LIGHT A physical information acquiring method of acquiring physical information for a predetermined purpose on the basis of change information that is acquired under predetermined detection conditions for a physical quantity using an portion for physical quantity distribution... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002087 | Camera Module Disclosed is a camera module including a WLO (wafer level optic) which is manufactured as a wafer optical device; an image sensor which converts an optical signal from the WLO into an electric signal; a holder which functions as a housing of the camera module; and a sub... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110317050 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE According to an embodiment, a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes polishing a peripheral portion of the semiconductor substrate, and forming a protective film to be an insulating film, on a surface of the semiconductor substrate including a surface e... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317049 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING CONTROL CIRCUIT An imaging device 1 is configured to include an imaging element 10 and a DSP 20. The imaging element 10 includes a sensor register 13 that stores imaging control information, and the DSP 20 includes a mirror register 25 h... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317051 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE A solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixels, which convert light into signal voltages, and a plurality of analog-digital (AD) converters, which convert the signal voltages into a plurality of digital signals. Each of the plurality of AD converters includ... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317048 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH DUAL LAYER PHOTODIODE STRUCTURE An image system with a dual layer photodiode structure is provided for processing color images. In particular, the image system can include an image sensor that can include photodiodes with a dual layer photodiode structure. In some embodiments, the dual layer photodiod... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310279 | PROVIDING MULTIPLE VIDEO SIGNALS FROM SINGLE SENSOR A method for using a capture device to capture at least two video signals corresponding to a scene, includes: providing a two-dimensional image sensor having a plurality of pixels; reading a first group of pixels from the image sensor at a first frame rate to produce a ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310278 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADAPTIVE CONTROL AND DYNAMIC RANGE EXTENSION OF IMAGE SENSORS Systems and methods are provided for obtaining adaptive exposure control and dynamic range extension of image sensors. In some embodiments, an image sensor of an image system can include a pixel array with one or more clear pixels. The image system can separately contro... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304756 | IMAGING APPARATUS An imaging apparatus comprises: a plurality of memory capacitors for holding signals output from pixels; and a plurality of first switches for respectively connecting the memory capacitors to a common signal line, wherein each of the plurality of memory capacitors inclu... | 12/15/2011 |
| 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 |
| 20110304755 | Solid-state image pickup element and camera system The present disclosure provides a solid-state image pickup element, including, a pixel portion in which plural pixels each carrying out photoelectric conversion are disposed in a matrix, and a pixel signal reading portion having a function of reading out pixel signals f... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304754 | IMAGE SENSOR MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE An exemplary image sensor module includes a plate, an image sensor, and a number of conductive wires. The plate includes a top surface, a bottom surface, a light passing through hole, a number of spaced receiving holes extending through the top surface and the bottom su... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110292260 | DATA SELECTION CIRCUIT, DATA TRANSMISSION CIRCUIT, RAMP WAVE GENERATION CIRCUIT, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Provided are a data selection circuit, a data transmission circuit, a ramp wave generation circuit, and a solid-state imaging device. A delay section delays signals input to delay units of n (n is a natural number equal to or more than 3) stages that are connected to ea... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292261 | ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER AND DEVICES INCLUDING THE SAME An analog-to-digital converter including a comparator configured to compare a pixel signal received at a first input terminal of the comparator with a ramp signal received at a second input terminal of the comparator and generate a comparison signal as a result of the c... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292264 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME To provide a solid-state imaging device and an imaging apparatus including the solid-state imaging device that are capable of reducing occurrence of vertical stripes on an image while suppressing a black level shift thereon. A clipping circuit operation change-over swit... | 12/01/2011 |
