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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8184187 | Controlling electronic shutter in image sensors An image sensor includes an electronic shutter layer that drains charge away from the photosensitive regions during an electronic shutter operation. A signal is applied to the electronic shutter layer through a contact. Prior to performing an electronic shutter oper... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184186 | Electronic shutter control in image sensors An image sensor includes an electronic shutter layer that is used to drain charge during an electronic shutter operation. A timing generator is electrically connected to a selector component. The selector component is electrically connected to an electronic shutter ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8179463 | Image sensor with shared node In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, an image sensor comprises a plurality of pixel sensing circuits. Each pixel sensing circuit includes a photodiode and a storage node. Each pixel sensing circuit further includes a first transistor coupled be... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174598 | Solid state image capture device and camera system A solid-state image capture device includes: a pixel section in which pixels are arranged in a matrix; control lines; a pixel drive section that performs control, through the control lines, an operation of the pixels so as to perform a shutter operation of the pixel... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159579 | High dynamic range video Certain cameras and systems described herein produce enhanced dynamic range still or video images. The images can also have controlled or reduced motion artifacts. Moreover, the cameras and systems in some cases allow the dynamic range and/or motion artifacts to be ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159577 | Solid-state imaging apparatus with decoders for controlling reset switches A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a pixel region including a plurality of pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged in matrix, and a reset switch for discharging electric charge of the photoelectric conversion element; and a first s... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159578 | Imaging system, image sensor, and method of controlling imaging system An imaging system includes an image sensor and a mechanical shutter which controls the termination of exposure of the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix, and a vertical scanning unit which sca... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8134621 | Rolling-reset imager An imaging system comprises a rolling-reset imager that forms an electronic image of an object, a light source illuminating the object with pulsed light, and a bandpass optical filter disposed between the object and the rolling-reset imager. The pulsed light has an ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8115843 | Photographing apparatus with random trigger operation A photographing apparatus includes: a synchronizing signal generation portion (6); an imaging portion (1) that is operated based on a synchronizing signal to pick up an image and generate image data; a trigger input portion (18) operable to inpu... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8094222 | Driving method for solid-state imaging device and solid-state imaging device A driving method used for a solid-state imaging device according to the present invention includes: imaging an object for a first storage time when a shutter is open, in a first state that is a state where either at least a part of the peripheral circuitry is suspen... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8072520 | Dual pinned diode pixel with shutter A pixel having an electronic shutter suitable for use in a pixel array of an imaging device includes a pinned diode and a shutter transistor. The pinned diode is utilized as a storage device while the shutter transistor controls charge transfer from the electronic s... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8054356 | Image pickup apparatus having a charge storage section and charge sweeping section A lower electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and an upper electrode are stacked in order above a semiconductor substrate, and a charge storage section that stores charge generated in the photoelectric conversion layer is connected to the lower electrode. The... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8040415 | Image sensing apparatus and control method An image sensing apparatus that controls exposure includes a signal processing unit for processing the output signal of a image sensing element, an aperture control unit for controlling aperture, and an external sensor for measuring the brightness of an object. In t... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8031246 | Image sensor, electronic apparatus, and driving method of electronic apparatus An image sensor that has a pixel array section in which pixels are arrayed in a two-dimensional manner in vertical and horizontal directions and that controls an exposure time of each pixel in a rolling shutter method is disclosed. The sensor includes control means ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8026967 | Rolling shutter for prevention of blooming A rolling shutter technique for a pixel array is described in which multiple rows of the array are hard reset as the shutter moves down the array. As the rolling shutter progresses down the array, each row is hard reset multiple times before its integration period b... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023021 | High efficiency CMOS image sensor pixel employing dynamic voltage supply A global shutter compatible pixel circuit comprising a reset gate (RG) transistor is provided in which a dynamic voltage is applied to the drain of the reset gate transistor in order to reduce a floating diffusion (FD) leakage therethrough during signal hold time. T... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8018512 | Image pickup device The present invention resides in an image pickup device capable of reducing the deformation of the image of the photographed object. An image pickup element included in the image pickup device has a matrix of pixels, for which the control of the charge storage and t... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7999868 | Configurable timing generator In one embodiment, a configurable timing generator outputs at least one timing signal. The configurable timing generator comprises a first timing generator configurable to output the at least one timing signal so that the at least one timing signal is adaptable to a... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7978242 | Configurable timing generator In one embodiment, a configurable timing generator outputs at least one timing signal. The configurable timing generator comprises a first timing generator configurable to output the at least one timing signal so that the at least one timing signal is adaptable to a... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973842 | High intrascene dynamic range NTSC and PAL imager The invention provides a new method and apparatus for NTSC and PAL image sensors which employs fusion of adjacent row pixel charge samples to generate image data for a row. A variety of fusion schemes are possible for fusing the pixel signals from the adjacent rows.... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7973843 | Active pixel sensor with reduced fixed pattern noise An image sensor includes pixels each of which is designed to transfer charge, accumulated in a photoactive region of the pixel during a first period, through a second active region of the pixel to a power supply node, and to transfer charge, accumulated in the photo... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7948537 | Method for resetting image sensing and image sensing device using the same A method for resetting image sensing and an image sensing device using the same are provided. The method for resetting image sensing includes generating a plurality of reset signals and a plurality of control signals, and using the reset signals and the control sign... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7940316 | Digital motion picture camera which combines images of different exposure times A digital motion picture camera for the taking of motion pictures includes an optoelectronic sensor device having a plurality of sensor elements for the generation of received signals in dependence on the exposure time, a digitizing device for the digitizing of the ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7884867 | Lens apparatus and image-pickup apparatus A lens apparatus is disclosed which is capable of picking (taking) moving images and picking still images by using a mechanical shutter without a detector to detect the state of the mechanical shutter. The lens apparatus comprises an aperture stop, a mechanical shut... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7868938 | Image pickup device and image pickup apparatus An image pickup device having a photoelectric conversion unit having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a matrix pattern for converting exposed light into electric charges and accumulating the same and an electronic shutter function for con... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7812875 | Solid-state imaging device The signal processing circuit of the present invention comprises a drive unit and a processing unit for picture signal. The drive unit supplies each of the shift pulses separately to the electronic shutter shift register and the readout shift register. The processin... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7804536 | Variable pixel clock electronic shutter control CMOS image sensor with a rolling shutter that uses two separate clocks. One of the clocks is used during normal operation. When timing is changed, the other clock is started and used during an interim period to avoid distortion in the image. After that interim perio... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7800669 | System and method for image sensor element or array with photometric and realtime reporting capabilities A solid-state pixel structure or pixel array includes integrated exposure control provided within the pixel structure and/or pixel array. Including exposure control within the pixel structure and/or array allows optimal exposure to be achieved in real time. Optimal ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7791662 | Image processing device, image processing method, recording medium, and program An image acquisition unit acquires multiple image data sets of pixels in array, having subject distortion due to focal plane shutter effects, corresponding to images taken at continuous exposure timings; a coefficient storage unit stores coefficients, determined by ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7787037 | Imaging method that continuously outputs a signal based on electric charges generated by a selected pixel unit without performing an operation of deselecting the selected pixel unit An imaging apparatus includes a pixel unit array and a driving unit. Each pixel unit includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a charge-voltage converter common to the plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of transfer units which tra... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7777796 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus including a global shutter function and control method therefor A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a pixel unit consisting of a plurality of pixels; a pixel control unit for controlling the plurality of pixels; a readout unit for reading a signal of each pixel output from the pixel unit; a shutter unit for establishin... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7733398 | Photoelectric converting film stack type solid-state image pickup device A solid-state image pickup device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; at least one photoelectric converting film that generates signal charges corresponding to an amount of incident light; at least one set of pixel electrode films arranged in row and column direct... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733399 | Image sensing apparatus and method of acquiring traveling characteristics of light-shielding member A method of acquiring traveling characteristics of rear blades in a camera having an image sensing element including a plurality of pixels. The method comprising acquiring the traveling characteristics of the rear blades based on an image signal output from a preset... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7728892 | Image sensor with a capacitive storage node linked to transfer gate A CMOS imaging system with increased charge storage capacitance of pixels yet decreased physical size, kTC noise and active area. A capacitor is linked to the transfer gate and provides a storage node for a pixel, allowing for kTC noise reduction prior to readout. T... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7714918 | Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of two-dimensionally disposed pixel cells each for effecting photoelectric conversion of an incident light; an electronic shutter scanning circuit for outputting to the pixel section a sec... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7705898 | Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus including: an electronic shutter scanning circuit for outputting to a pixel section a second line select signal for selecting second lines to which an operation setting corresponding to exposure time is effected; and a scanning contro... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7639294 | Image pickup apparatus with light controlling device Disclosed is an image pickup apparatus having a liquid crystal light controlling device in front of an image pickup device. A liquid crystal light controlling device has a rear face facing an image pickup device and has input terminals disposed at the circumferentia... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7630009 | Imaging system, image sensor, and method of controlling imaging system An imaging system includes an image sensor and a mechanical shutter which controls the termination of exposure of the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels are arrayed in a matrix, and a vertical scanning unit which sca... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630008 | Method of controlling image quality of an integrated CMOS 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... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7619670 | Rolling shutter for prevention of blooming A rolling shutter technique for a pixel array is described in which multiple rows of the array are hard reset as the shutter moves down the array. As the rolling shutter progresses down the array, each row is hard reset multiple times before its integration period b... | 11/17/2009 |
