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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189085 | Image sensing apparatus and its control method A drive mode is switched after readout for one frame is completed, and the reset operation for the following frame is started. In this manner, the reset operation for the following frame will not be performed during the readout period for the preceding frame. Theref... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189084 | Solid state imaging device A solid state imaging device 1 includes a photodetecting section 10, a signal readout section 20, a controlling section 30, and a correction processing section 40. In the photodetecting section 10, M×N pixel portions each i... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189082 | Signal processing apparatus, solid-state imaging device, and pixel signal generating method To provide a floating diffusion (FD) for converting accumulated electric charges to a voltage signal and a transistor in which a gate terminal is connected to the FD and a source terminal is connected to an output signal line. When the FD is reset, a power supply vo... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189081 | Solid-state imaging apparatus, driving method thereof, camera, and copier A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of pixels having mutually different color components and a first selecting unit outputting one of the signals from the plurality of pixels selectively. The unit cells are ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8189083 | Solid-state imaging device, method for manufacturing the same and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having a pixel region including a photoelectric conversion portion, a wiring portion including a conductor line and disposed on the semiconductor substrate with an insulating film therebetween, a metal ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8184185 | Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into two dimensions for converting an incident light into a signal electric charge and for outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the signal electric charge; v... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184184 | Analog multiplexer configured to reduce kickback perturbation in image sensor readout An analog multiplexer is configured to multiplex a plurality of input analog signal channels into a single output analog signal channel. The analog multiplexer comprises a plurality of input sampling circuits associated with respective ones of the input analog signa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179459 | Imaging apparatus and processing method thereof A solid-state imaging apparatus of a dynamic range enlarged by reading out a carrier accumulated in a carrier accumulation unit at a plurality of times during a single carrier accumulation time period. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179461 | Solid-state image pickup device, method for driving solid-state image pickup device, and image pickup apparatus A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array section including an effective pixel region, an optical black pixel region, and a pixel region between the effective pixel region and the optical black pixel region; a vertical drive section which performs dri... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179460 | System, method, and apparatus for variable rate pixel data transfer and storage A variable rate image sensor outputs pixel data at a variable rate using lookup tables to selectively read out particular rows at particular times. The readout rate is not constant, allowing for a smaller image buffer in the overall system. ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179462 | Imaging unit The present invention relates to an imaging unit including an imaging device for performing photoelectric conversion. There is provided an imaging unit with which the mechanical strength of an imaging device can be ensured while allowing light to pass through the im... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174597 | Solid-state imaging device and signal processing system A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel portion configured to convert light into an electric signal; a substrate where the pixel portion is formed; an optical communication unit configured to convert a signal read out from the pixel portion into an optical si... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174596 | Wafer-scale linear image sensor chip and method with replicated gapless pixel line and signal readout circuit segments A wafer-scale linear image sensor chip (WLISC) is proposed with gapless pixel line and signal readout circuit segments. The WLISC converts pixel line image (PLI) of length LPL into line image signal (LIS). The WLISC includes a linear array of sensor segme... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174593 | Method and apparatus for detecting image darkening due to reset droop A method for determining whether a image pixel of an image comprising a plurality of image pixels generated from a pixel array of an image sensor, each having an image pixel value formed from a respective reset level, has suffered a darkening resulting from a drop i... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174595 | Drive unit for image sensor, and drive method for imaging device A drive unit for an image sensor of the present invention comprises, for horizontal scanning, a drive section performing addition and readout of a first FD (floating diffusion) shared by two pixels of the same color that are adjacent in a diagonal direction by simul... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174594 | Method of operating ripple counter, image sensor having ripple counter, method of operating image sensor, and analog-to-digital converter of image sensor An example embodiment of an image sensor may include a controller and a plurality of up/down ripple counters. The controller may generate a first control signal and a second control signal. Each of the up/down ripple counters may perform a stop operation or a count ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169520 | Solid-state imaging apparatus and camera A solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of sensors that are formed on a substrate on a pixel basis and photoelectrically convert the light incident from a first surface side of the substrate, and a readout circuit that is formed on a second surface sid... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169519 | System and method for reducing motion blur using CCD charge shifting A method and system is disclosed for reducing motion blur using CCD charge shifting. In one embodiment, photodiode wells are exposed for a set of successive exposures with each exposure duration being a fraction of a total exposure time. After each successive exposu... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169518 | Image pickup apparatus and signal processing method An image pickup apparatus includes: a solid-state image sensing device that includes a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including: a photoelectric conversion film; and a photoelectric conversion element that is formed in the semiconductor substrate below the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169517 | Image sensor ADC and CDS per column with oversampling A solid state imager converts analog pixel values to digital form on an arrayed per-column basis. An N-bit counter supplies an N-bit DAC to produce an analog ramp output with a level that varies corresponding to the contents of the counter. A latch/counter or equiva... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164663 | Analog bus driver and multiplexer For a source-follower signal chain, the ohmic drop in the selection switch causes unacceptable voltage offset, non-linearity, and reduced small signal gain. For an op amp signal chain, the required bias current and the output noise rises rapidly with increasing the ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8159573 | Photoelectric conversion device and imaging system A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit are arrayed, a first storage unit and second storage unit which store pixel signals read out from the pixel array, a first read switch w... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159576 | Solid state imaging device A solid state imaging device 1 includes a photodetecting section including M×N pixel portions P1,1 to PM,N two-dimensionally arrayed in M rows and N columns, a signal readout section including integrating circuits S1 to S | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159574 | Imaging array with built-in exposure control An imaging array and method for using the same to capture an image are disclosed. The imaging array includes an array of pixel sensors and a controller. Each pixel sensor includes a dual-ported photodiode characterized by ports having first and second gates, and a c... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159575 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus and method for manufacturing the same A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes: a first major surface on which a light receiving portion is formed; a second major surface opposed to the first major surface, and a hermetic seal portion formed on the first major surface, for sealing the light receivi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154636 | Image enhancement using hardware-based deconvolution An image enhancement circuit (26, 60, 190, 260) includes an input interface (64, 262), which is operative to accept a stream of input pixel values belonging to pixels (32) of an input image. The input image includes a plurality of different inpu... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149307 | Methods of fabricating integrated imager and microcontroller A method and apparatus providing a CMOS imager with an integrated controller on a common integrated circuit substrate. Also integrated on the common substrate are, a serializer circuit including a dynamic arbiter under the control of the microcontroller core and a s... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149306 | Solid-state imaging device, production method and drive method thereof, and camera A solid-state imaging device capable of reducing an eclipse (blocking) of an incident light at a circumferential portion of a light receiving portion and realizing a larger angle of view and high-speed driving. A single-layer transfer electrode configuration of form... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8139131 | Solid state imaging device and fabrication method thereof, and camera incorporating the solid state imaging device A solid state imaging device of the present invention comprises: a semiconductor substrate; a plurality of light receiving elements arranged in a matrix configuration on the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of color filter segments provided above the light recei... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8134619 | Column noise reduction device and method thereof An image sensor and method for column noise reduction may reduce decrease the visibility of fixed pattern noise. The image sensor may include an analog processing circuit and a digital processing circuit. The analog processing circuit may be configured to selectivel... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134620 | Solid-state image-pickup device A solid-state image device including a pixel-array section forming an image pick-up region and a wiring layer including wiring lines and contact units. In one embodiment, each of the contact units and wiring lines is provided for a respective pixel in the pixel-arra... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130294 | Imaging array with non-linear light response An imaging array and method for capturing an image utilizing the same are disclosed. The imaging array includes an array of pixel sensors in which each pixel includes a dual-ported photodiode or photogate and a charge conversion circuit. The charge conversion circui... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130295 | Analog-to-digital converter, solid-state image pickup device, and camera system An analog-to-digital converter converting an analog input signal into a digital signal includes a comparator comparing a reference signal with an input signal and, if the reference signal matches the input signal, inverting an output; and a counter counting a compar... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130297 | Solid state imaging device including a light receiving portion with a silicided surface A solid state imaging device having a light receiving region on a first surface side of a semiconductor substrate, incident light from an object to be imaged being illuminated on a second surface side of the semiconductor substrate, the solid state imaging device in... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130296 | 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 an... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8125548 | Analog image signal processing circuit for CMOS image sensor An image signal processing circuit for CMOS image sensor comprises a differential operational amplifier, input stage capacitors, and output stage capacitors. The input stage capacitors comprise a first positive input stage switching capacitor array and a first negat... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125549 | Methods and apparatus to capture compressed images Example methods and apparatus to capture compressed images are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes capturing a first output of a first photodetector representative of a first weighted sum of the a plurality of portions of an image, capturing a second outp... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125550 | Correlation double sampling circuit for image sensor A correlation double sampling (CDS) circuit for sampling a reset signal and a light-sensing signal outputted from a pixel column of an image sensor includes two sampling capacitors and four transistor switches. The operation of the CDS circuit needs not change polar... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125551 | Solid-state image pickup device and control method thereof An image sensor controls the gain of a pixel signal on a pixel-by-pixel basis and extends a dynamic range while maintaining a S/N ratio at a favorable level. A column unit in an image sensor is independently detects a level of each pixel signal and independently set... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8120681 | Image sensing apparatus, image sensing apparatus control method, and imaging system An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array, a readout unit and an output unit having an output line group, a plurality of difference circuits, a first dummy line and a second dummy line. The output line group is interposed between the first dummy line and the... | 02/21/2012 |
