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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8040418 | Solid state imaging device with readout control and output control An object of the present invention is to provide a two-dimensional solid state imaging device which can realize speeding up of signal output. The two-dimensional solid state imaging device includes: a pixel region; a first capacitance element and a second capacitanc... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7911524 | Photographing apparatus and still image photographing method thereof A photographing apparatus and a still image photographing method thereof are provided where the photographing apparatus includes a lens for forming an optical image of a subject in an image pickup unit; an image pickup unit for photoelectrically converting the optic... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7830440 | Interline CCD implementation of hybrid two color per pixel architecture An image sensor includes at least first and second photo-sensitive regions; a color filter array having at least two different colors that selectively absorb specific bands of wavelengths, and the two colors respectively span portions of predetermined photo-sensitiv... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7777799 | Interline CCD implementation of hybrid two color per pixel architecture An image sensor includes at least first and second photo-sensitive regions; a color filter array having at least two different colors that selectively absorb specific bands of wavelengths, and the two colors respectively span portions of predetermined photo-sensitiv... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7710485 | Solid-state image pickup apparatus with signal charge transfer adaptive to an image shooting condition A solid-state image pickup apparatus may improve, depending on the shooting condition, image degradation such as white balance offset or color mixture. An output scheme determiner defines, depending on shooting conditions such as shooting and sensitivity modes, outp... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7616246 | Solid-state imaging device with enhanced pixel thinning out configuration, method for driving same, and image apparatus incorporating same A solid-state imaging device includes an imaging unit, a charge control unit, and a horizontal transfer unit. The imaging unit includes a plurality of pixels arranged into a matrix for performing photoelectric conversion, and a plurality of vertical transfer units a... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7589777 | Solid-state imaging device with light shield electrically connected to inter-horizontal transfer register A solid-state imaging device includes an imaging part, a first horizontal charge-transfer part and a second horizontal charge-transfer part that transfer charges transferred from the imaging part in a horizontal direction, an inter-horizontal charge-transfer part tr... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7423681 | Interline CCD implementation of hybrid two color per pixel architecture An image sensor includes at least first and second photo-sensitive regions; a color filter array having at least two different colors that selectively absorb specific bands of wavelengths, and the two colors respectively span portions of predetermined photo-sensitiv... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7358997 | Multiple resolution optical imager using single size image elements An image sensor has two or three rows of imaging elements, all the imaging elements being of the same size. This provides the rows with a native resolution. The image sensor is also provided with three shift registers. First and second shift register elements receiv... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355644 | Linear image sensor In a linear image sensor, a shutter structure includes: a shutter gate electrode provided between photodiode arrays; and a shutter drain provided below the shutter gate electrode. With this construction, a layout area is reduced and the number of scanning operations... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355641 | Solid state imaging device reading non-adjacent pixels of the same color A solid-state imaging device includes: an imaging portion in which a plurality of pixels for photoelectrically converting incident light are arranged so as to form a plural kinds of pixel lines having different color arrangements; a memory in which pixel signals obt... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351946 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device and imaging system An AD-converted digital video data is encoded by a difference encoding method before it is outputted and such encoded digital video data is then outputted, after it is converted to gray code or to a predetermined code in which a fixed value is added. Problems solved... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7315329 | Solid-state image-pickup device having an accumulation gate for reading out, accumulating, and allocating signal charges The present invention relates to a solid-state image pickup device comprising a sensor array and a plurality of transfer registers for transferring signal charges from the sensors of the sensor array, wherein an accumulation gate is provided between the sensor array... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7295238 | Image signal processing device of image sensor An image-signal processing apparatus (1) designed to process the signals output from a CCD image sensor (10) that reads pixel data for one screen, line by line, divides the pixel data into a plurality of channels and outputs the pixel data thus divided... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289150 | Solid-state image apparatus including a plurality of horizontal transfer registers for transferring image signals from an imaging area In a CCD image apparatus in which an image section is horizontally divided into two areas, two horizontal CCDs are related to the two image areas with one-to-one correspondence and transfer the signal electric charges of the two image areas, and the two horizontal C... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7277128 | Image-sensing device having a plurality of output channels An image-sensing device has pixel areas for outputting CCD signals of plural channels, and an adjusting portion for adjusting a level of each channel of the CCD signals outputted from the pixel area. A first channel CCD signal is provided from a pixel area 11... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7250971 | Charge read-out method and solid-state imaging device capable of shortening read-out time charges stored in a plurality of light receiving units A charge read-out method and a solid-state imaging device capable of shortening a read-out time of charges stored in a plurality of light receiving units arranged linearly are provided. The charge read-out method includes the steps of moving the charges, which are g... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7248295 | Image pickup apparatus including a solid-state imager having a plurality of light receptive areas A solid-state imager 20 outputs image signals corresponding to picture elements received from light-receptive areas thereof. A sample-and-hold circuit 24 performs a sample-and-hold operation for the image signals at prescribed times. A driving circuit ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7245318 | Imaging apparatus that corrects an imbalance in output levels of image data In an imaging apparatus, a method of correcting image data, or a storage medium storing a program, a target is imaged in a plurality of imaging regions and image data is output from each of the plurality of imaging regions; based on the image data captured in a firs... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7236265 | Image reading apparatus, image forming system, image reading method, and program therefor An image reading apparatus includes an imaging unit which has a plurality of channels and which, for the channels, outputs effective signals output from photo-receiving sections for receiving light from a subject, and optical black signals output from light-shieldin... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7236199 | Multi-tap camera A camera comprises a multitap imager, separate digitizing channels for each imager tap, adjustments for channel gain and black level, a pattern generator, and a channel balancer. The channel balancer compares adjacent pixels and sums the differences in levels over m... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7122775 | Semiconductor integrated circuit device and imaging system An AD-converted digital video data is encoded by a difference encoding method before it is outputted and such encoded digital video data is then outputted, after it is converted to gray code or to a predetermined code in which a fixed value is added. Problems solved... | 10/17/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7065288 | System and method of patching missing digital video packets communicated in an IEEE 1394 compliant implementation The present invention is a system and method that facilitates the reduction of presentation glitches in a digital video system. The present invention is a system and method that automatically determines if digital video (DV) data is missing from a stream of DV infor... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057660 | Digital camera having a display device with a cover A digital camera having a camera body, a shutter release button, a photographic optical system, a display cover, a lens/strobe flash cover, a nonskid grip pits/projection, a mode dial, operation buttons, indication lamps, a display screen, and a strobe flashing unit... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050098 | Signal processing apparatus and method, and image sensing apparatus having a plurality of image sensing regions per image frame In processing an image signal output from an image sensing unit which includes a plurality of image sensing regions constructing one frame and a plurality of output terminals in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of image sensing regions, and which outputs... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7038723 | Solid state imaging device, method for driving the same and camera using the same In making solid state imaging devices smaller and increasing their number of pixels, it is desirable to increase the charge amount that can be handled per unit area of the transfer portions. It is possible to achieve this by making the insulating film thinner, but t... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034969 | Divided one-dimensional solid-state imaging device, method of controlling one-dimensional solid-state imaging device, and image reading apparatus and method using the same The divided one-dimensional solid-state imaging device includes photodiode arrays having photodiodes for individual pixels arrayed in a line, output transistors for outputting electric charges from the respective photodiodes and transfer paths for transferring the o... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7019775 | Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof An image sensing apparatus capable of operating in at least a single-shot mode and a sequential mode, includes: an image sensor that outputs charge signals from a plurality of divided areas. A plurality of image processing units which respectively process the charge... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6970197 | CCD imaging device and driving method thereof One horizontal CCD register is provided for a plurality of vertical CCD registers. The horizontal CCD register has horizontal transfer electrodes in such a manner that transfer electrodes that are provided for each pair of vertical CCD registers adjacent to each oth... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967684 | Solid state image pickup device and its driving method using two different periods A method and apparatus for driving a solid state image pickup device. The method and apparatus include setting a first signal charging period and a second signal charging period for each one of a plurality of unit pixels. The second signal charging period is shorter... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6914632 | Apparatus for panning and scaling window in image sensor An apparatus for panning and scaling a window in CMOS image sensor is described. The apparatus comprises a pixel array having a plurality of unit pixels, a row driving part, an analog-digital converting part, an address generating part for generating a row address a... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6906745 | Digital exposure circuit for an image sensor Automatic exposure adjusting device considers the image on a pixel-by-pixel basis. Each pixel is characterized according to its most significant bits. After the pixels are characterized, the number of pixels in any particular group is counted. That counting is compa... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6816199 | Focus detecting device This invention provides an inexpensive image pick-up device which can enhance the focus detecting precision and reduce the time lag due to focus adjustment without using an exclusive-use AF sensor different from an image pick-up element. In the image pick-up device ... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6791615 | Image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus comprises an image pickup area which includes first and second areas each of which converts an object image into an electric signal, a first output terminal for outputting the electric signal from the first area, and a second output termina... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6791614 | Color linear image sensor device with shutter function for charges in photodetectors and method of manufacturing the same A color linear image sensor device has a shutter function for selectively draining charges stored in a photodetector circuit. The color linear image sensor device includes first, second, and third linear image sensors having different sensitivities with respect to i... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6731338 | Reducing discontinuities in segmented SSAs Color-correcting data from a segmented imaging sensor having plural sensor segments. The data is stored in plural segment memories each of which corresponds to one of the sensor segments, and each segment memory stores overlap data and non-overlap data from the corr... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6593968 | Linear image sensor, image reading device, and charge transfer method The linear image sensor according to the present invention includes a light receiving a member consisting of at least three light receiving pixel lines 11, 12 and 13; signal charge transfer sections 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36 located on both sides of each ... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6546150 | Analogue signal processing circuit An object of the invention is to enable not only to select an ODD signal and an EVEN signal on the same timing but also to set up a duty ratio of the ODD-signal component to the EVEN signal component to be 50%. The purposes are attained by use of a constitutio... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6519000 | Image pickup apparatus with mode switching between a still picture mode and a moving picture mode An image pickup apparatus comprises: an interline-type image-sensing device, which includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, and a vertical transfer block for transferring charges received from the plurality of photoelectric conversion e... | 02/11/2003 |
