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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8154640 | Sub-pixels, unit pixels, image sensors and methods of operating the same An image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels arranged in an array. Each unit pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels configured to be irradiated by light having the same wavelength. Each sub-pixel includes a plurality of floating body transistors. Each float... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8081246 | Drive circuit of solid-state image pickup device and method thereof utilizing a pulse generated based on a polynomial arithmetic operation There is provided a drive circuit of a solid-state image pickup device capable of generating a pulse for vertical scanning, an interval of which changes non-linearly, and of generating a pulse other than the pulse for vertical scanning, without increasing a circuit ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8018514 | Charge injection device camera system for radiation-hardened applications An imaging system for deployment within a high-radiation environment. The imaging system has an imaging array of photosensitive pixels, each of which contains a sense gate for integrating photogenerated charge during the course of a frame and an amplifier transistor... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7852392 | Image pick-up apparatus and image pick-up system, and method for manufacturing image pick-up apparatus A scintillator layer for converting an incident radiation into a light having a wavelength detectable with a photoelectric conversion element is provided on a sensor substrate on which plural photoelectric conversion elements and switching elements are disposed via ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7800672 | Unit cell compression circuit and method A circuit includes a compression sub-circuit having an input and an output for dumping excess current, a voltage bucket, and a current source. The voltage bucket, such as a capacitor, and the current source, such as a photodetector, are coupled in parallel to the in... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7352400 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus having a differential output An image pickup apparatus including: a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for photoelectrically converting light from an object, a first output line to which signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are successively outputted, a pl... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7342998 | X-ray detector quick-connect connection system An x-ray system quick-connect connection is disclosed to allow an end-user to de-couple a portable x-ray detector from an x-ray scanner/host. The quick-connect connection is accessible by the end-user without removal of a service panel that exposes an interior servi... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7327393 | CMOS image sensor with variable conversion gain An image sensor pixel has variable conversion gain to prevent overexposure of the pixel without reducing the exposure period. Under dim lighting conditions, the pixel operates with high conversion gain and is highly sensitive to light. When the incident light is bri... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321110 | Solid state image pickup device and camera An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being com... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317477 | Image pickup apparatus for processing an image signal by using memory An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit for outputting an image signal having a first number of pixels which is greater than a predetermined number of pixels; a converting unit for converting the image signal having the first number of pixels, out... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7295231 | Digital camera A digital camera includes a monitor. When outputting through-images on the monitor, high-resolution YUV data outputted from a signal processing circuit is thinned out and created into low-resolution YUV data. The low resolution YUV data of a current frame is written... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285765 | Photoelectric converter and X-ray image pick-up device A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on tw... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7262400 | Image sensor device having an active layer overlying a substrate and an isolating region in the active layer An image sensing device. An active layer is disposed overlying a substrate, wherein the active layer has different conductivity with the substrate. A plurality of photodiodes is disposed in the active layer. An isolating region is interposed between two adjacent pho... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260174 | Direct conversion energy discriminating CT detector with over-ranging correction A CT detector capable of energy discrimination and direct conversion is disclosed. The detector includes multiple layers of semiconductor material with the layers having varying thicknesses. The detector is constructed to be segmented in the x-ray penetration direct... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7245317 | Imaging device having a luminous profile detecting element A photosensitive region includes a semiconductor substrate 40 made of a P-type semiconductor, and N-type semiconductor regions 41, 42 and 43 formed on the surface of the semiconductor substrate 40. Accordingly, the first photosensitive po... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236197 | Solid-state image sensor using junction gate type field-effect transistor as pixel A source region and drain region are formed in a surface region of a first semiconductor region. Moreover, a second semiconductor region connected to the drain region is formed in the surface region of the first semiconductor region. A third semiconductor region is ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7230649 | Image sensor system using CMOS image sensor and image sensor apparatus using CMOS image sensor An image sensor such as the conventional CMOS image sensor, in which automatic controls including so-called automatic iris control and white balance adjustment for adjusting the sensor sensitivity, namely the charge accumulation time in each pixel, according to the ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227490 | 2-stage A/D converter and image sensor using the same In a conventional CMOS image sensor, an A/D converter for performing A/D conversion at high-speed arranges the A/D converter elements in columns so as to operate in parallel, and has low resolution in the order of 9 or so bits. The present invention provides an A/D ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223954 | Apparatus for accessing an active pixel sensor array A circuit includes a decoder for receiving an address within an address space of a processor and for accessing a pixel in an active pixel sensor array based on the address. The decoder maps the active pixel sensor array to the address space. The circuit can also pro... | 05/29/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7221399 | Imaging apparatus with a multifocal lens formed of two pieces with different focal lengths An imaging apparatus for imaging a first object at a normal distance and a second object nearer than the first object readily with high precision. The imaging apparatus has an imaging lens, an imaging device for capturing an image formed by the imaging lens, and a c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7199827 | Amplified solid-state image pickup device and image pickup system using the same An image pickup area including a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix pattern, each pixel being an amplified MOS image sensor, is divided into a block A including odd-numbered columns of pixels and a block B including even-numbered columns of pix... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196306 | Image sensor pixel circuitry with transistors to improve dynamic range An image sensor comprising a pixel sensor, a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor and a fourth transistor. The pixel sensor receives illumination to generate a photocurrent. The first transistor coupled to a voltage source and the pixel sensor, ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190398 | Image sensor with high dynamic range linear output Designs and operational methods to increase the dynamic range of image sensors and APS devices in particular by achieving more than one integration times for each pixel thereof. An APS system with more than one column-parallel signal chains for readout are described... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7171496 | Data bus width conversion apparatus and data processing apparatus A data bus width conversion apparatus is provided for receiving N-bit data from a first device having a first bus width and outputting the N-bit data to a second device having a second bus width. The first device divides the N-bit data into a plurality of bit data g... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7170042 | Photoelectric converter and X-ray image pick-up device A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on tw... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7164112 | Photoelectric conversion device for reducing radiation noise on large screen sensors For providing a photoelectric conversion device that can prevent radiation noise by a low-cost and simple mounting method, the photoelectric conversion device having a photoelectric conversion element is provided in which a conductive member such as a thin metal she... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7142240 | Active pixel sensor array reset The method and apparatus for resetting an Active Pixel Sensor (APS) array comprises a controller for sequentially pre-resetting groups of one or more sensors in the array and then simultaneously resetting all of the sensors. The groups may be formed from one or more... | 11/28/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7129978 | Method and architecture for an improved CMOS color image sensor According to the principles of this invention, an improved CMOS image sensor is disclosed. The improved CMOS image sensor comprises a pair of controllable column and row decoders, a signal conditioning circuit and a pixel processor in addition to an array of photo s... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7129985 | Image sensing apparatus arranged on a single substrate A sensor integrated on a single semiconductor substrate comprises a sensor block including a pixel unit including a plurality of pixels each including a light-receiving element and scanning units for selecting a pixel of the pixel unit, and a signal processing block... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7110502 | Radiographic apparatus and method for switching a grid This invention provides a radiographic apparatus and method, which can suitably set a grid in radiography or fluoroscopy and execute fluoroscopy or radiography of an object under optimum imaging conditions. The radiographic apparatus includes an X-ray unit (102 | 09/19/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7102675 | Photoelectric conversion device, focus detection device, method of controlling these devices, and storage medium An object of this invention is to provide a photoelectric conversion device which can always appropriately perform charge accumulation independently of the luminance levels of objects, can read out an image signal by effectively using the dynamic range, can attain a... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102116 | Device and methods for the acquisition and automatic processing of data obtained from optical codes The device for the acquisition and automatic processing of data obtained from optical codes comprises a CMOS optical sensor; an analog processing unit connected to the optical sensor; an analog/digital conversion unit connected to the analog processing unit; a logic... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7102676 | Image pick-up apparatus and image pick-up system, and method for manufacturing image pick-up apparatus A scintillator layer for converting an incident radiation into a light having a wavelength detectable with a photoelectric conversion element is provided on a sensor substrate on which plural photoelectric conversion elements and switching elements are disposed via ... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7098493 | MRAM in-pixel memory for display devices Magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) is used to provide in-pixel memory circuits for display devices. A memory circuit (25) comprises memory elements, for storing a drive setting, and a read-out circuit, for example a flip-flop circuit (64), fo... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7095005 | Image reading device for reversing polarity of stored charge in capacitor In an image reading device of the present invention, the polarity of a driving voltage for a Cs electrode is reversed every reading cycle (frame). For example, the Cs electrode is driven by positively charging the capacitor in odd-numbered cycles (frames) and by neg... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091466 | Apparatus and method for pixel binning in an image sensor Embodiments provide structures and methods for binning pixel signals of a pixel array. Pixel signals for pixels in an element of the array are binned simultaneously. Pixels in an element are located in a plurality of rows and columns. In exemplary embodiments, pixel... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7092021 | Frame shuttering scheme for increased frame rate A frame shutter apparatus comprising a controller for controlling multiple groups of pixels and for reading out values corresponding to the charge collected by different groups of pixels at different times. A method of reading out multiple groups of pixels is provid... | 08/15/2006 |
