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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8144226 | Two-by-two pixel structure in an imaging system-on-chip The claimed subject matter provides systems and/or methods that facilitate mitigating an impact resulting from mismatch between signal chains in a CMOS imaging System-on-Chip (iSoC) sensor. Two-by-two pixel structures can be a basic building block upon which a pixel... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8115845 | Counter array and image sensor including the same A counter array and an image sensor including the same may be provided. The counter array may include a controller and a plurality of counter units. The controller may output an operation control signal and a direction indication signal. The counter units hold previ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 7898586 | Solid-state imaging device and method of driving the same A shift gate is arranged to be adjacent to a pixel column including a plurality of photosensitive pixels. The shift gate controls a storage time of a signal charge generated in the photosensitive pixels based on a shift pulse signal. The signal charge generated in t... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7471327 | Image sensor array with variable resolution and high-speed output A photosensitive imaging apparatus has a linear array of groups of photosensors. In a low-resolution scanning mode, all of the photosensors in each group act together as one large photosensor. In a high-resolution scanning mode, each photosensor in a group acts outp... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7466354 | Solid-state imaging apparatus Disclosed herein is an XY-addressing solid-state imaging apparatus including a solid-state imaging device having a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels and a horizontal and vertical scanning circuits for reading pixel signals of the solid-state imaging dev... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7440018 | Driving method of solid-state imaging apparatus and solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising: a semiconductor substrate defining a two-dimensional surface; a multiplicity of photo electric conversion elements arranged in a plurality of rows and in a plurality of lines in a light receiving region of the semiconduct... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7411621 | Apparatus and method for eliminating artifacts in active pixel sensor (APS) imagers An active pixel sensor (APS) that includes circuitry to eliminate artifacts in digital images. The APS includes a comparator for comparing a signal level from a pixel to an adjusted saturation voltage to determine if the pixel is saturated. If the pixel is saturated... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7397508 | Physical quantity distribution sensor, method of driving said sensor and method of producing said sensor A physical quantity distribution sensor is disclosed. The sensor comprises: a plurality of sensor/storage sections each having a sensor element for sensing a received physical quantity and a storage element for storing the information of physical quantity sensed by ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7397020 | Image sensor using a boosted voltage and a method thereof An image sensor and method thereof. In an example, the image sensor, may include a pixel array including a plurality of unit pixels, each of the plurality of unit pixels having a charge transfer unit for transferring charges accumulated in an optoelectronic converte... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7369168 | Circuit for an active pixel sensor A pixel circuit includes a silicon substrate having a photodiode that converts light intensity into a voltage signal and two metal layers disposed on the substrate having a pixel control circuit. The first metal layer includes a row trace and a reset trace and the s... | 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 |
| 7349129 | Controller for photosensor array with multiple different sensor areas A controller controls selection of rows of photosensors residing in a photosensor array having at least one row of photosensors with a first sensor size, and at least one row of photosensors with a second sensor size. In a first example embodiment, the controller ma... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7304674 | Sampling image signals generated by pixel circuits of an active pixel sensor (APS) image sensor in a sub-sampling mode A method of sampling image signals generated by pixel circuits of an active pixel sensor (APS) image sensor. The APS image sensor supports a normal mode of operation and a sub-sampling mode of operation. The method includes providing a plurality of column amplifiers... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7289148 | Devices and methods for improving the image quality in an image sensor The present invention is related to an image sensor comprising an array of rows (i) and columns (j) of pixels (Xij), all the pixels of one column of the array being connected to at least one common pixel output line (Ij) having at least one mem... | 10/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7242432 | Imaging apparatus suppressing an occurrence of color moire An imaging apparatus for outputting image signals by photoelectrically converting an image formed at an optical system by an image sensor array having a color filter array having several spectral transmittance disposed in front thereof, including: mode setting means... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7242427 | X-Y address type solid-state image pickup device with an image averaging circuit disposed in the noise cancel circuit The invention relates to an X-Y address type solid-state image pickup device manufactured by a CMOS process, and has an object to provide an X-Y address type solid-state image pickup device in which a chip area is not increased, manufacturing costs are suppressed, a... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233354 | Digital camera that adjusts resolution for low light conditions A digital camera including a photosensor with a plurality of picture elements that define an image resolution that is adjustable. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7221397 | Photoelectric conversion apparatus which avoids certain shading effects In order to solve the problem in which voltages Vsig1 read in units of rows have differences to cause vertical shading, thereby degrading image quality, and the problem in which the dynamic ranges of source follower circuits are different in units of rows because fi... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7189953 | Signal processing circuit, image sensor IC, and signal processing method A signal processing circuit has a sample/hold circuit for sampling an input signal comprised of a first signal and a second signal and for holding the first signal. The first signal comprises an optical signal obtained due to storage of electric charges generated du... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7184084 | Method and apparatus for image sensing with CCD A method for producing electronic video signals representative of a focused moveable image includs the following steps: providing a charge coupled device, masking substantially less than half of the lines of the device to form a masked storage area and a substantial... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170651 | Image reader In an image reader, delay circuits are disposed on connection lines connecting an A/D converter with an image data generation circuit, whereby the output timings of the digital electric signals output from the A/D converter differ. Thus, the digital electric signals... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154546 | Pixel optimization for color A macro pixel is provided. The macro pixel includes at least two color pixel elements. Each color pixel element includes a photoreceptor that in response to receiving light, generates an output signal that is indicative of the quantity of light photons of a color ar... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151844 | Image sensor method and apparatus having hardware implemented edge detection processing An image sensor comprising an integrated circuit chip that includes both a pixel array and edge detection circuitry hardwired together on the chip. The pixel array provides an addressable, non-destructive readout of the pixel data, with the edge detection circuit pr... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7146037 | VLSI neural fuzzy classifier for handwriting recognition A handwriting recognition device using fuzzy logic and cellular neural network for unconstrained handwritten numeral classification is provided. The current mode VLSI classifier has a I/O circuit for inputting and outputting a plurality of membership functions. An e... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7139023 | High dynamic range charge readout system A solid-state image sensor has a readout architecture that incorporates charge multiplier cells into a horizontal register of a CCD image sensor, and includes a first CCD register adjacent to at least a second CCD register and coupled to the said first register thro... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139024 | Large-area imager with direct digital pixel output An imager circuit includes an array of pixels, each pixel including a sensor (photodiode) connected to an input terminal of a comparator. The comparators of each pixel row have output terminals connected to a latch. A counter generates a sequence of digital values t... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7139025 | Active pixel sensor with mixed analog and digital signal integration An active pixel sensor includes mixed analog and digital signal integration on the same substrate. The analog part of the array forms the active pixel sensor, and the digital part of the array does digital integration of the signal. ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7106374 | Dynamically reconfigurable vision system A closed-loop vision system is disclosed that utilizes a concept known as Dynamically Reconfigurable Vision (DRV), which is adaptive image sensing driven by a computer or human operator's response to changing scenery. The system reduces the amount of irrelevant vide... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098950 | Image sensor with stabilized black level and low power consumption The control inputs of reset switch elements 41 to 45 are commonly connected to a row reset line 51. In a line black clamp type, cathodes as reset ends of photodiodes (31) of optical black pixels 21 to 23 are commonly connect... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7088394 | Charge mode active pixel sensor read-out circuit An apparatus such as an imager includes groups of sensors each of which includes subgroups of sensors. Subgroup select circuits are coupled to outputs from respective subgroups of sensors, and group select circuits are coupled to outputs from subgroup select circuit... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7081922 | Apparatus and method for obtaining average scene intensity information from a photo detector array An optical sensor array includes an array of pixel circuits. Each pixel circuit includes a photo detector and a voltage supply line. The voltage supply line from each pixel circuit is connected to a common node. A voltage supply input configured to be coupled to a v... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7081607 | Solid state image pickup device and image pickup system A solid image pickup device is disclosed which comprises at least one unit cell having a photoelectric conversion portion, an amplifying means for amplifying a signal generated in the photoelectric conversion portion, a transfer means for transferring the signal to ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7079183 | Charge transfer device for increasing data rate and reducing power consumption A charge transfer device having: a semiconductor substrate; a charge transfer path formed in the semiconductor substrate and made of a first conductivity type semiconductor layer; a plurality of charge transfer electrodes formed near above the charge transfer path; ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071980 | Image sensing apparatus An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7046284 | CMOS imaging system with low fixed pattern noise A CMOS imager system including an active pixel sensor having an access supply which provides distributed feedback, a column buffer (having gain and FPN suppression), and an A/D converter co-located with the sensor such that the effective transmission path between th... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7042980 | Radiographic apparatus An object of this invention is to implement a radiographic apparatus which can stably obtain a moving image at a high speed by suppressing a voltage variation in GND or power supply line and omitting the standby period for each frame. To achieve this object, during ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7027193 | Controller for photosensor array with multiple different sensor areas A multiple resolution sensing apparatus comprises first and second arrays of photosensor elements and an image processing system. The first array exhibits a first signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio and a first input sampling rate (ISR). The first array also is operative to... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7023594 | Electro-optic lens with integrated components A range finder device for use with a controller in an optical system is disclosed in accordance with one embodiment of the invention. The range finder device comprises a transmitter to produce a first beam of non-visible radiation for intersecting a perceived object... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6965105 | Scanning system and method for scanning a plurality of samples A system for detecting fluorescence emitted from a plurality of samples in a sample tray is provided. The system generally includes a plurality of lenses positioned in a linear arrangement, a linear actuator configured to translate the plurality of lenses, an excita... | 11/15/2005 |
