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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8174599 | Image pickup apparatus having control lines connected to alternate matrix rows An image pickup apparatus which can photograph a high-definition image and a moving image of lower resolution at high quality and an image pickup system which uses the image pickup apparatus are provided. Unit pixel groups each of which comprises plural pixels inclu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174600 | Image sensing apparatus and imaging system An image sensing apparatus comprises a transfer block including a first transfer unit and a second transfer unit, wherein the first transfer unit includes a first impedance converter which transfers a first signal to the output unit, and the first transfer unit tran... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8159582 | Solid-state imaging apparatus and method of driving the same A solid-state imaging apparatus has a plurality of pixels arranged linearly along columns of N, a plurality of clamping capacitors each arranged corresponding to each column of the pixels, for accumulating the charge amplified by an amplifying unit in the pixel, and... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154637 | Image sensor An image sensor, in particular a CMOS image sensor, for electronic cameras having a plurality of light-sensitive pixels which are arranged in rows and columns and whose signals are conducted via a plurality of column lines to column amplifiers, with a column amplifi... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144225 | Amplification type solid-state imaging device Before a signal charge from a photodiode 1 is transferred to a signal charge accumulating portion 3 by a scanning circuit 20, a reset transistor 4 is turned on for a prescribed period to reset the voltage of the signal charge accumulating... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8134623 | Analog-to-digital conversion in image sensors using a differential comparison An image sensor has a per-column ADC arrangement including first and second capacitors for correlated double sampling, and a comparator circuit. The capacitors are continuously connected to, respectively, the analog pixel signal and a ramp signal without use of a ho... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8130298 | Wide dynamic range image sensor utilizing switch current source at pre-determined switch voltage per pixel Disclosed are embodiments of a pixel imaging circuit that incorporates a standard photodiode. However, the imaging circuit is modified with a feedback loop to provide a first photo response over a first portion of the light sensing range (e.g., at higher light inten... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8115844 | Arrangement of circuits in pixels, each circuit shared by a plurality of pixels, in image sensing apparatus In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8081245 | Image sensing apparatus and imaging system An image sensing apparatus comprises a pixel array; a readout unit; a first terminal; and a second terminal, wherein the readout unit including a column amplification unit, a holding unit, a first power supply line, and a second power supply line, and wherein the co... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8063961 | Dual CDS/PxGA circuit for adjusting gain of an amplifier based on capacitance Provided is a dual sampling/pixel gain amplifier (CDS/PxGA) circuit with a shared amplifier, and more particularly, to a dual CDS/PxGA circuit for adjusting a gain of an amplifier based on capacitance. The dual CDS/PxGA circuit comprises: a first sampler for samplin... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8040416 | Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of pixels, each pixel containing a photoelectric conversion section; an accumulation section; a transfer section; an amplification section; and a reset section for resetting the accumulation section; the pixel se... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7995125 | Apparatus and method for extending the dynamic range of a read out integrated circuit of an image sensor A read out integrated circuit includes (ROIC) an array of pixel circuits, each of which has a first charge storage element electrically connected across an amplifier, and a second charge storage element having a selectively activated electrical connection across the... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7986362 | Image pickup apparatus maintaining constant potential of load-transistor main electrode There is provided an image pickup apparatus including a pixel including a photoelectric conversion element and an amplification element for amplifying and outputting a signal generated at the photoelectric conversion element, a load transistor for controlling an ele... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7969492 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of pixels and increasing portions increasing charges stored in the pixels, wherein the frequency of increasing the charges is controlled every group of at least one pixel in response to luminance of light incident upon ... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7948542 | Fast-settling line driver design for high resolution video IR and visible imagers A fast-settling line driver circuit capable of high-speed operation. The line driver is particularly well-suited for operation in a high-resolution imaging system. The line driver circuit comprises a signal amplifier that is configured in a negative feedback loop an... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7911521 | Photoelectric conversion device and image pickup apparatus with symmetry about a voltage supply line In a photoelectric conversion device, groups of unit pixels are arranged in a well, where each of the unit pixels includes photoelectric conversion elements, an amplifier transistor, and transfer transistors. The photoelectric conversion device includes a line used ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7847846 | CMOS image sensor readout employing in-pixel transistor current sensing In an image sensor, the current through the in-pixel readout transistor is sensed by a circuit that is external to the pixel, and according to the measured current value a feedback current is supplied to charge the read-line parasitic capacitance. The feedback curre... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7777797 | Solid-state imaging device improving S/N ratio of signals obtained by electron multiplication and a method of driving the same A solid-state imaging device includes photo-sensitive cells for converting incident light to signal charges, and a transfer path for transferring, in response to a drive signal fed through a transfer electrode, the signal charges read out from the photo-sensitive ce... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7714920 | Solid-state imaging device driving method Photosensitive cells each includes a photodiode (1), a transfer gate (2), a floating diffusion layer portion (3), an amplifying transistor (4), and a reset transistor (5). Drains of the amplifying transistors (4) of the phot... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7705899 | Amplification type solid-state image pickup device driving method A plurality of pixel groups X(n) each comprising a plurality of pixels are set, and switched capacitor amplification parts are provided in correspondence to the pixel groups, respectively. Each of the switched capacitor amplification parts has a charge detection nod... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7667753 | Method for processing information delivered by a sensor pixel matrix offering a wide dynamic range and gain and corresponding sensor An image sensor includes a matrix of active pixels (PXA). A pair of sampling capacitors (C1) and (C2) per matrix column processes the information delivered by the active pixel matrix. Each matrix column further includes a differential amplifier configu... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663680 | Arrangement of circuits in pixels, each circuit shared by a plurality of pixels, in image sensing apparatus In an image sensing apparatus having a plurality of unit cells, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements and a common circuit shared by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, arranged in either one or two dimensions, the plurality... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7636118 | Solid state image sensor with fixed pattern noise reduction A solid-state image sensor comprises unit pixels each having a photoelectric conversion element for converting incident light into electric signal charge and then storing the signal charge obtained through such photoelectric conversion, an amplifying element for con... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7619671 | Method, apparatus and system for charge injection suppression in active pixel sensors A method and apparatus are provided for operation of an image sensor during signal readout. During a reset operation the gate of a reset transistor coupled to the storage node receives a voltage greater than a threshold voltage to produce a reset of the storage node... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616242 | Linear-logarithmic pixel sensors and gain control circuits therefor A system and method are disclosed to enlarge the sub-threshold current coefficient “α” of a reset transistor connected to a photodiode in an L-L (Linear Logarithmic) pixel sensor without modifying any semiconductor process parameters. In one embodiment, a coupl... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7602430 | High-gain multicolor pixel sensor with reset noise cancellation An active CMOS pixel sensor includes a red photodiode and a green photodiode coupled to sense nodes. Blue photodiodes are coupled to a blue sense node through select transistors. A blue reset transistor is coupled between a supply node and the blue sense node. A sou... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7576788 | Image pickup apparatus including a plurality of pixels, each having a photoelectric conversion element and an amplifier whose output is prevented from falling below a predetermined level The output voltages of dark pixels and optical black (OB) pixels are different between a row including a pixel which receives strong light and another row. An image formed upon receiving a strong light spot suffers whitish bands on the right and left of the spot. To... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7443435 | Column amplifier with automatic gain selection for CMOS image sensors A column amplifier architecture having automatic gain selection for CMOS image sensors, which reduces the effect of analog noise, while maintaining a system's dynamic range. A comparator compares an amplified column buffer output signal to a reference voltage. The o... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443427 | Wide dynamic range linear-and-log active pixel A pixel circuit having an improved dynamic range is disclosed. When incoming light detected by the photodiode is strong, the accumulated (integrated) charge on a signal capacitor becomes large. To compensate, the excess signal component becomes compressed and the pi... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7427737 | Pixel with differential readout An imager in which two adjacent pixels share row and reset lines and a row selection circuitry while the output transistors of the two pixels are configured as a differential amplifier. In operation, both pixels are reset at the same time, causing differential reset... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7397505 | CMOS sensor with over-saturation abatement A method and apparatus are described that detect and correct for over-saturation lighting conditions in a CMOS Image Sensor. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394492 | Solid state image pickup device, method of driving solid state image pickup device, and camera using the solid state image pickup device Provided is an amplification type solid state image pickup device capable of increasing a saturation charge amount even when an increase in circuit scale is suppressed. In a pixel of the amplification type solid state image pickup device, a power source voltage is s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7382409 | Image pickup apparatus including circuitry to correct for noise generated by clamping circuits An image pickup apparatus providing improved picture quality by use of correction data to correct for noise signals generated by clamping circuits. A plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric converting element is provided along with a plurality of capacito... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7372495 | CMOS aps with stacked avalanche multiplication layer and low voltage readout electronics An image sensor includes a pixel having a protection circuit connected to a charge multiplying photoconversion layer. The protection circuit prevents the pixel circuit from breaking down when the voltage in the pixel circuit reaches the operating voltage applied to ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368698 | Imaging device with reduced row readout time and method of operating the same An imager in which a column line bias current control signal is pulsed at some time during and/or after the pulsing of the reset control and the transfer control signals to increase a bias current in a pixel column line during reset and transfer operations. The bias... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369166 | Single substrate camera device with CMOS image sensor Single substrate device is formed to have an image acquisition device and a controller. The controller on the substrate controls the system operation. ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365779 | Image processing apparatus for selectively storing specific regions of an image The invention provides an image processing apparatus that can reduce the memory capacity of a memory forming part of the image processing apparatus and can correct the optical axis misalignment of a video camera in a simple manner. The image processing apparatus ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365773 | CMOS APS with stacked avalanche multiplication layer and low voltage readout electronics An image sensor includes a pixel having a protection circuit connected to a charge multiplying photoconversion layer. The protection circuit prevents the pixel circuit from breaking down when the voltage in the pixel circuit reaches the operating voltage applied to ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362366 | High-speed solid-state imaging device capable of suppressing image noise In a CMOS image sensor, current leakage after a series of noise removing operations has been completed is suppressed in a read operation for each horizontal line, thereby suppressing image noise occurring on the output display screen of the image sensor. There are p... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7358801 | Reducing noise and/or power consumption in a switched capacitor amplifier sampling a reference voltage Equal common mode voltage is present at the input terminals of an operational amplifier with amplifies the residue signal in a stage of an ADC in two phases while reducing the noise introduced into the amplified signal. A reference capacitor is coupled between an in... | 04/15/2008 |
