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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8164042 | Color filter arrays and image sensors using the same Color filter arrays (CFA) and image sensors using same are provided. A color filter array includes a plurality of first color filter patterns respectively interlaced with a plurality of second color filter patterns, wherein the first and second color filter patterns... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8138466 | Video signal processing apparatus and method with infrared component remover A video signal processing apparatus includes an image sensor and an infrared component remover. The image sensor receives light through a color filter, the color filter including long-pass filters only or a combination of a long-pass filter and an all-transmissive f... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8138467 | Color filter array including color filters only of first type and second type, method of fabricating the same, and image pickup device including the same An image pickup device includes a pixel array including a plurality of photo sensitive devices and a color filter array including a plurality of color filters each disposed above a corresponding one of the plurality of photo sensitive devices. The color filters incl... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134115 | Color filters for sub-diffraction limit-sized light sensors An apparatus includes an array of sub-diffraction limit-sized light receptors formed in a substrate having a light receiving surface. Each light receptor may be configured to output a scalar valued multi-bit element and to change state based on the absorption of at ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8101903 | Method, apparatus and system providing holographic layer as micro-lens and color filter array in an imager A method, apparatus, and system that provides a holographic layer as a micro-lens array and/or a color filter array in an imager. The method of writing the holographic layer results in overlapping areas in the hologram for corresponding adjacent pixels in the imager... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8076631 | Photodetector circuit Two unshielded photosensors to determine the outside-light illuminance and two shielded photosensors are placed alternating both in the longitudinal direction and in the lateral direction. Then, the difference between the output of the unshielded photosensors and th... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8067723 | Optical filter An optical filter includes a light-shielding conductive layer provided with a plurality of apertures on a substrate surface that selectively transmits light of a first wavelength, and a dielectric layer in contact with the conductive layer. A size of the apertures i... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8053720 | Multi-frequency millimeter-wave VLBI receiving system and method of designing quasi optical circuit for the same Provided are a multi-frequency millimeter-wave very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) receiving system and a method of designing a quasi optical circuit for the multi-frequency millimeter-wave VLBI receiving system. The multi-frequency millimeter-wave VLBI receivi... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8008613 | Light sensing device having a color sensor and a clear sensor for infrared rejection A light sensing device has a first filter to block visible light in a light path. The light sensing device also has a first color sensor and a clear sensor, to detect light in the light path after the first filter. A light intensity calculator computes a measure of ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8008614 | Device for detecting emission light of micro-object having means for suppressing reflected and scattered excitation light The object of the present invention is to provide a device for detecting with higher sensitivity emission light in the form of fluorescence or phosphorescence emitted from a micro-object irradiated by an excitation light. The present invention provides means for sup... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7977621 | Thermochromic optical filter in which transition wavelength is variable and controllable by adjustable temperature of a chosen quantum well layer A thermochromic optical filter incorporating quantum confinement devices is formed as multilayered composite film of semiconducting materials. A quantum well adjacent a barrier layer ensures proper confinement of charge carriers within the well. A transition wavelen... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7960683 | Observation apparatus and observation method with reflected light patterns being detected by changing a weight for each of element lights An observation apparatus includes a light radiating unit that radiates a plurality of element lights, each of which has a limited wavelength band, to an observation target; a light detecting unit that detects the plurality of element lights reflected by the observat... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7943895 | Wavelength splitting element, method for manufacturing the same and optical module A wavelength splitting element for splitting a multiplexed light beam into separate wavelength bands and emitting the beams from separate emission ports including a first filter for splitting the multiplexed light beam into light beams in wavelength band λ1,... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7915575 | Laser scanning microscope having an IR partial transmission filter for realizing oblique illumination In a laser scanning microscope comprising an infrared pulse laser; an objective lens focusing an infrared light from the infrared pulse laser on a sample; a condenser lens disposed on an opposite side of the objective lens across the sample for collecting an observa... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7915576 | Imaging device camera system and driving method of the same An imaging device includes: a pixel array part in which a plurality of pixels with different characteristics of spectral sensitivity are arranged in an array and which converts light transmitted through the pixel into an electric signal, wherein in the pixel array p... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910876 | Plant sensor A plant sensor includes a light source section having first and second light emitters configured to irradiate first and second measuring light toward an object to be measured, respectively, and a light receiver configured to receive reflected light from the object t... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7893394 | Optical device, image reading device, and filter manufacturing method A light emitting element has spectral characteristics in a predetermined optical wavelength range. A photodetecting unit includes a photodetecting element capable of detecting a light in the optical wavelength range and performs an OE conversion of either one of a r... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888626 | Coded aperture imaging system having adjustable imaging performance with a reconfigurable coded aperture mask This invention relates to coded aperture imaging apparatus and methods. In one aspect a coded aperture imager has at least one detector array and a reconfigurable coded aperture mask means. A reconfigurable coded aperture mask means can display various coded apertur... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7875843 | Color filters and method of fabricating the same in image sensor An image sensor and a method for fabricating the same having enhanced sensivity. The image sensor enhances sensitivity and minimizes optical loss by isolating color filters from each other using a metal that has superior light reflection properties while having no e... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7872219 | Illumination device with plural color light sources and first and second integrators An illumination apparatus includes a light source (1), a first integrator (11) into which light from the light source (1) enters, and a second integrator (33) into which light exiting from the first integrator (11) enters. Accordin... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7868286 | Mounted imaging device A vehicle-mounted imaging device that is mounted in an automobile and performs color imaging has been provided with a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixel cells. In each of the pixels, a color filter separates incident light by a multilayer interference fil... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7858921 | Guided-mode-resonance transmission color filters for color generation in CMOS image sensors Imager pixel arrays and methods for forming imager pixel arrays. An image sensor pixel includes a photosensor and a waveguide grating resonance filter formed over the photosensor. The waveguide grating resonance filter is configured to pass light to the photosensor ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7816641 | Light guide array for an image sensor An image sensor pixel that includes a photoelectric conversion unit supported by a substrate and an insulator adjacent to the substrate. The pixel includes a light guide that is located within an opening of the insulator and extends above the insulator such that a p... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7795575 | Light-emitting device with chromatic control The light-emitting device includes a base substrate and preferably three light-emitting diodes respectively associated with three primary colors and emitting a part of their signal in the direction of the base substrate. The device includes three chromatic photodete... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7786426 | Imaging device with a color filter that contains a layer only covering the surrounding areas There is provided a solid-state imaging device including a substrate of which surface is provided with a pixel area where a plurality of pixels arranged, each pixel including a photoelectric converting element to receive light from a subject image and perform photoe... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777176 | Composition and method to characterize membranes' defects The chemical composition and method of the invention enable characterization of microscopic defects in membranes such as pinholes, cracks or fissures. The present invention, however, can be used to characterize defects on different types of porous and non-porous mem... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7745779 | Color pixel arrays having common color filters for multiple adjacent pixels for use in CMOS imagers Image sensors and methods of operating image sensors. An image sensor includes an array of pixels and an array of color filters disposed over the array of pixels such that each different color filter is disposed over multiple pixels. A method of operating an image s... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737394 | Ambient infrared detection in solid state sensors A solid state imaging device includes an array of active pixels and an infrared cut filter formed over the sensor. Optionally, a slot in the infrared cut filter allows infrared illumination to reach the sensor to be detected by pixels covered by a visually opaque fi... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7700905 | Radiation detector with controlled spectral sensitivity distribution The invention concerns a radiation detector for detecting radiation having a defined spectral sensitivity distribution (14) that exhibits a sensitivity maximum at a defined wavelength λ0, wherein the radiation detector preferably contains a III-V ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7700906 | Optical elements, related manufacturing methods and assemblies incorporating optical elements The present invention relates to various optical elements, related manufacturing methods and systems incorporating the optical elements. In at least one embodiment an optical element is provided that improves a vision system's capability to accurately measure a spec... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7696470 | Optical communication module The an optical communication module associated with the present invention comprises a semiconductor substrate, a light emitting element mounted on said semiconductor substrate to output light for transmission (transmitted light), a light receiving element mounted wi... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7683311 | Photonic crystal-based filter for use in an image sensor The invention, in various exemplary embodiments, incorporates a photonic crystal filter into an image sensor. The photonic crystal filter comprises a substrate and a plurality of pillars forming a photonic crystal structure over the substrate. The pillars are spaced... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7675024 | Method and apparatus providing color filter array with non-uniform color filter sizes Color filter arrays, methods of assembling color filter arrays, and systems containing color filter arrays. Color filter arrays are formed such that light entering through certain regions of the color filter array passes through multiple color filters to help preven... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7675023 | Image sensor and method of fabricating the same An image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The image sensor includes color filter layers having a photonic crystal for color separation. Since transmittance of the color filter layers is higher than that of a pigment or dye of an organic mat... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7655899 | Method and system for wavelength-dependent imaging and detection using a hybrid filter Apparatus and methods for wavelength-dependent detection are provided. A detector includes a hybrid filter having unpatterned and patterned filter layers and at least one light-detecting sensor that detects light in first and second wavelength bands from the pattern... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7638754 | Backlight device, display apparatus including backlight device, method for driving backlight device, and method for adjusting backlight device A direct-type backlight device for a non-self-luminous image display panel has a light-emitting area corresponding to a display area of the image display panel. The light-emitting area is arranged by combining a plurality of backlight substrates each of which is pro... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7633051 | Spectral photoelectric measurement transformer A spectral photoelectric measurement transformer comprises an array (10) of photoelectric transformer elements and dielectric interference bandpass filters (22a, 22b) disposed on a common filter support (21) connected upstre... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7633050 | Optics assembly for color measurement system An optics assembly for a color measurement system. The optics assembly includes at least one light tube array and a polarization effect minimization element. The optics assembly includes a diffuser, a photocell separator, a precision filter and a second light tube a... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7608811 | Minimal depth light filtering image sensor A method and apparatus for directing light to a light sensor and filtering out an infrared component from the directed light. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes an array of light sensors disposed on a substrate, wherein the light sensors are operable to conve... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7601946 | Electromagnetic sensor incorporating quantum confinement structures A multispectral optical sensor incorporating quantum confinement devices is composed of a solid-state tunable filter, an optional lens, and a photodetector or plurality of photodetectors. The tunable filter is multilayered composite film of semiconducting materials,... | 10/13/2009 |
