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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8120680 | Image sensor An image sensor capable of canceling crosstalk without reduction of a signal to noise ratio (SNR) to improve a sensitivity includes a plurality of light detection units and a filter array including a plurality of filters, with each of the plurality of filters being ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8059175 | Image capture device and method of operating the same A method for operating an image capture device having a sensor with an array of first and second pixels includes capturing an image a plurality of times with the second pixels to produce a corresponding second image signal, the second pixels being white pixels, capt... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8018509 | Image input processing apparatus and method An image input processing apparatus includes: an optical band separating filter; a color filter of a four-color arrangement having an equivalence in which the sum of two colors is equivalent to one other color in the visible light region or the sum of three colors i... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7990444 | Solid-state imaging device and camera Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device which includes a group of elements, the group including at least color photoelectric conversion elements configured to convert light signals in first, second, and third wavelength ranges to electric signals, respectively, a ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7978240 | Enhancing image quality imaging unit and image sensor There is provided an imaging unit: including an image sensor with a number of pixels arranged in a matrix, the pixels having color pixels where color filters are disposed, and white pixels where the color filters are not disposed; a sampling circuit section for samp... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973838 | Active mask for electronic imaging system An active pixel masking system for automatic glare suppression uses a variably transmissive screen such as an LCD in front of a lens. A measurement by an image sensor of oversaturated pixels from one or more extremely bright lights is used to generate corresponding ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7880785 | Rod and cone response sensor An imager having color sensitivity in any lighting condition is provided by replacing at least one of the green color filtered pixels in a Bayer pattern array with an non-color filtered pixel and providing a different integration period for each color channel. When ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7839440 | Enhancing image quality imaging unit and image sensor There is provided an imaging unit: including an image sensor with a number of pixels arranged in a matrix, the pixels having color pixels where color filters are disposed, and white pixels where the color filters are not disposed; a sampling circuit section for samp... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7773136 | Image pickup apparatus and image pickup method for equalizing infrared components in each color component signal An image pickup device receives an incident light by way of the color filter that also transmits an infrared light component. For the purpose of correcting an infrared light component contained in an output signal, a control unit adds correcting infrared light compo... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7746396 | Imaging device and method of creating image file A method of creating an image file in an imaging device, and an imaging device are provided. The method comprises providing an image sensor comprising pixels with an infrared filter arrangement so that some of the pixels of the sensor may be exposed to all wavelengt... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7486318 | Method, apparatus, and program for processing an image The present invention relates to a method, apparatus and program for processing an image, capable of producing a sharp image. A digital camera 1 includes an imaging device 4 formed of a single-plane sensor that provides one color signal for each pixel.... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7420610 | Solid-state imaging element, solid-state imaging device, and method for fabricating the same A solid state-imaging element including photoelectric conversion element and an optical element such as a photonic crystal is disclosed. The optical element is formed on the photoelectric conversion element, and has a refractive index periodic structure made up of s... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7414661 | CMOS image sensor using gradient index chip scale lenses A camera module includes a gradient index lens on a spacer plate attached over an array of pixel sensors and associated micro lenses. The spacer plate and gradient index lens can be formed at the wafer level during the manufacture of multiple camera modules. A proce... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7349128 | Image scanner and peak detecting processing method of image scanner A sheet image scanner of the present invention has plural image sensors to output electric signals by detecting optical image data that are obtained by applying a light from a light source to documents, amplifiers to amplify outputs from the plural image sensors, an... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7312824 | Image-capturing apparatus, image processing apparatus and image recording apparatus There is described an image-capturing apparatus, which has plural kinds of image sensors, sensitivities of which are different relative to each other, for recording wide dynamic range image data, and an image processing apparatus for applying optimization processing... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7282696 | Photoelectric converter device and manufacturing method thereof A photoelectric converter device comprises a semiconductor substrate including a photoelectric converter element formed on its surface, a visible light filter arranged to at least partially cover the surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a support member attac... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7262799 | Image sensing apparatus and its control method, control program, and storage medium This invention has as its object to provide an image sensing apparatus which can satisfactorily correct misregistration among images, and can composite the images. To achieve this object, an image sensing apparatus includes: a plurality of apertures that receives ex... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259788 | Image sensor and method for implementing optical summing using selectively transmissive filters An image sensor includes a two-dimensional array of pixel elements where the array of pixel elements outputting pixel data representing an image of a scene, and a two-dimensional array of selectively transmissive filters superimposed on the two-dimensional array of ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7250967 | Apparatus for modifying reproduction frequency band of video signal False signals and noise are reduced in a device such as a digital still camera having a solid-state electronic image sensing device. To achieve this, a luminance signal generating circuit generates luminance signals Y1 and Y3 having different reproduct... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7215475 | Lens array structure A lens array structure comprises two birefringent lens arrays arranged in series, both being capable of operating to direct incident light of one polarisation into a respective directional distribution and to have substantially no effect on incident light of a polar... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7135666 | Image pick-up device having well structure and image pick-up system using the image pick-up device Receiving a subject image at good sensitivity by improving the light collection efficiency of incident light, wherein an image pick-up element includes a light-receiving portion, poly-silicon wiring formed on the light-receiving portion, and a well structure. The po... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7133073 | Method and apparatus for color interpolation An imaging method and system that flexibly accesses light sensor elements and processes imaging signals. The imaging system comprises an array of pixel sensor cells, an array controller and a readout control circuit. The imaging system provides color interpolation. | 11/07/2006 |
| 7123298 | Color image sensor with imaging elements imaging on respective regions of sensor elements The color image sensor generates an image signal representing a subject. The color image sensor has a light sensor and imaging elements arranged to form images of the subject in light of different colors on respective regions of the light sensor. The light sensor in... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7106372 | Method and apparatus for programmable color balance in an image sensor An integrated circuit including a pixel sensor array having a set of pixel sensors arranged in a set of rows and a set of columns, the set of pixel sensors having a set of first color pixel sensors, a set of second color pixel sensors, and a set of third color pixel... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103208 | Detecting and classifying blemishes on the transmissive surface of an image sensor package A method for determining blemishes in or on the transmissive surface of an image sensor package and determining if such blemishes are acceptable for use of the image sensor package including capturing a digital image of a predetermined scene using the image sensor p... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7095441 | Image pick-up apparatus having plural pixels with different transmittances and being operable in different modes An image pick-up apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes a photoelectrically converting area for converting an optical signal from a subject into an electronic signal. A plurality of first pixels included in the plurality of pixels have a fi... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079162 | Matrix driven liquid crystal display module system, apparatus and method Provided are a color display driving principle obtained while taking into account a difference in eye sensitivity to the flickering of differently colored lights, a TFT liquid crystal display module structure that is adequate for this method, and a double-panel proj... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7053908 | Method and apparatus for sensing and interpolating color image data We disclose an electronic imaging method and apparatus capable of effectively and accurately sensing and interpolating color image data received from a two-dimensional array of discrete image sensing elements, particularly, from a so-called “Bayer Pattern” array... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7042527 | Field sequential display of color video picture with color breakup prevention A method of displaying a color video picture according to a field sequential process is provided. A display device displays an image comprising a matrix of pixels. One frame image is composed of four field images ranging from a first field image to a fourth field im... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7006764 | User interface for controlling cropping in electronic camera A camera adjusts the aspect ratio of a viewfinder image. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6999119 | Image-capturing element, image-capturing circuit for processing signal from image-capturing element, image-capturing device, driving method of image-capturing element An image-capturing element comprises: a plurality of pixels provided in a matrix each of which has a photoelectric conversion element; a plurality of color filters each of which is provided at one of the plurality of pixels; and a read out circuit that adds together... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6967748 | Color image pickup device A color image pickup device is provided with image pickup elements having color separation filters, respectively, wherein one array pattern of the color separation filters corresponds to four pixels that are vertically and horizontally adjacent to each other; a stor... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6937279 | Apparatus for converting analog image data into digital image data in CMOS image sensor Disclosed is an apparatus for converting an analog image data into a digital image data in a CMOS image sensor including a pixel array having M (row line)×N (column line) color pixels, wherein the color pixels include a first color pixel for sensing a first color, ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6907194 | Camera having continuously cropping viewfinder A camera and method provide image cropping. The camera has a body and a capture unit mounted in the body. The capture unit has an imager and storage media operatively connected to the imager. The capture unit selectively captures an electronic image of a scene. A vi... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6744109 | Glass attachment over micro-lens arrays An imaging device such as a CMOS image sensor has a cover attached to a standoff surrounding a micro-lens array. Standard wafer processing fabricates the standoff (e.g., out of photoresist) and attaches the cover. The standoff maintains a gap over the micro-lenses. ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6526181 | Apparatus and method for eliminating imaging sensor line noise A noise elimination apparatus and method enable effective elimination of noise on each line in an image captured by a CCD provided with a Bayer-type color filter. A graduation device obtains the quantity of graduation for a target picture element by obtai... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6137100 | CMOS image sensor with different pixel sizes for different colors Active pixel sensor with separated pixel areas, each sensing a different primary color, red, green or blue. Each of the colors is sensed using a different size color filter element to allow receiving an amount of light dependent on the responses of the im... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6091451 | Digital imaging system having an anti color aliasing filter An anti-color aliasing filter for a digital imaging system is includes a first filtering region that allows any color to pass through. The filter also includes a second filtering region adjacent to the first filtering region to allow a particular color or... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5773814 | Sensor assembly providing gray scale and color for an optical image scanner A sensor assembly and an optical image color scanner using the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly is of the type having three separate rows of optical sensors. Two of the three sensor rows have color filters and one is unfiltered (receptive to white lig... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5696610 | Color image reader with two-step color dispersion Light reflected from a document surface is given first color dispersion when passing through a prism interface and second color dispersion when passing through another prism interface. The second color dispersion is in an opposite direction to and has lar... | 12/09/1997 |
