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7491923 Solid state imaging device including a converging structure  
A solid state imaging device has a semiconductor substrate with photodiodes and charge transfer sections formed thereon, transfer electrodes formed on the charge transfer sections across an...
7491956 Optical scanning device having a distance sensor and a determined focal distance for scanning objects  
An optical scanning device is provided. The optical scanning device an excitation light source that is operable to illuminate the object to be scanned. An image detector is operable to detect...
7492397 CMOS active pixel sensor with a sample and hold circuit having multiple injection capacitors and a fully differential charge mode linear synthesizer with skew control  
An CMOS active pixel sensor (APS) imaging system include circuitry to compensate for different analog offset levels from the CMOS pixel array. More specifically, the compensation is performed in...
7492399 High dynamic range dual mode charge transimpedance amplifier/source follower per detector input circuit  
Disclosed is a High Dynamic Range Dual Mode (HDR-DM) input circuit unit cell ( 10 ) for use with an infrared (IR) radiation detector (D 1 ). The readout circuit unit cell includes a plurality of...
7491919 Circuit for detecting a clock error in a scanned-image system and related circuits, systems, and methods  
A circuit for detecting a phase error between a clock signal and a beam position includes a beam generator, a sensor, and a phase detector. The beam generator directs a beam toward a beam sweeper...
7491920 Microlensed focal plane array (FPA) using sub-pixel de-selection for improved operability  
A cost-effective FPA includes a plurality of detectors per pixel, wherein radiation is directed by a microlens array into respective focal regions that are covered by the union of the detectors'...
7492452 Defect inspection method and system  
An inspection system includes: a facility that uses wide-band illumination light having different wavelengths and single-wavelength light to perform dark-field illumination on an object of...
7491924 Combination reader  
An apparatus for imaging an array of a plurality of features associated with a sample tile. The apparatus includes a stage that supports the sample tile in an illumination region, and an...
7489426 Image reading apparatus and image reading method  
An image reading apparatus includes a sensor section which includes a color line sensor which reads a color image and a monochrome line sensor which reads a monochrome image provided in parallel...
7488928 Image sensor circuits and methods with multiple readout lines per column of pixel circuits  
An image sensor circuit of various embodiments includes a pixel array with a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns. Each column of the pixel array...
7488926 Pixel array with shared pixel output lines  
Multiple pixels within a pixel array share a common output line. Each output line from the array is connected to one or more storage elements. Each of the storage elements receives a counter signal...
7488927 Semiconductor integrated circuit device  
Disclosed herein is a semiconductor integrated circuit device such as a for-camera preprocessing LSI suitable for a semiconductor integrated circuit and having improved responsiveness. In a D/A...
7489351 Dynamic range extension for focal plane arrays  
An optical detector uses an auxiliary integrating capacitor is used to determine the optical flux rate when the charge on the well capacitor approaches or reaches linear saturation. The voltage...
7486882 Lens unit and imaging apparatus  
An image detection module comprises a base, a seat movably disposed on the base, an image detection unit on the seat, a first guide member by which the seat is joined to the base, moving relative...
7485836 Row driver for selectively supplying operating power to imager pixel  
An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry...
7486321 Image sensor, image reading device, and method for setting resolution  
An image sensor includes a plurality of photoelectric converting elements, each of which is provided with an electric charge output port, and a group of channel selection switches that turn on and...
7485837 Image sensor  
In an autofocus image sensor, monitoring pixels are disposed adjacent to a pixel array over a length equal to that of the pixel array in each of a standard portion and a reference portion. Signals...
7486881 Image detection module  
An image detection module comprises a base, a seat movably disposed on the base, an image detection unit on the seat, a first guide member by which the seat is joined to the base, moving relative...
7485844 System and method for controlling vehicle equipment by determining spatial composition of an image of a vehicle window  
A control system is disclosed for automatically detecting moisture on the windshield of a vehicle. The automatic moisture detecting system includes an optical system for imaging a portion of the...
7485835 Imaging system having a plurality of vortex lenses  
An imaging system is provided. An imaging system comprises a plurality of vortex lenses aligned to cover a field of view and produce multiple images of an area near a point source.
7485839 Image sensor with image signal shaping circuit  
The present invention provides an image sensor capable of making waveforms of image signals, which are outputs from photoelectric converting elements, flat, and capable of acquiring image...
7482569 Integrated circuit device, microcomputer, and monitoring camera system  
An integrated circuit device having a transmitter function for transmitting data to outside through a network. The integrated circuit device includes: an image change detection circuit which...
7482568 Laser-computer graphics system for generating portrait and 3-D sculpture reproductions inside optically transparent material  
Embodiments of methods and laser-computer graphics systems for producing images such as portraits and 3-D sculptures formed from laser light created etch points inside an optically transparent...
7482564 High definition telescope  
Embodiments of the present disclosure include presenting data related to image information captured by a telescope on an electronic display, such as, for example, a high definition display. For...
7480082 Radiation image scanning apparatus and method  
A reading apparatus obtains a line of image data stored on a surface, the reading apparatus having a radiation source ( 12 ) for directing a line of stimulating radiation onto a stimulable image...
7479999 Photodetection device and method  
The photo-detecting device includes of a photodetector for detecting incident light, an input J FET for reading the sensing signal from the photodetector, an amplifier for amplifying the signal...
7477298 Anti-eclipsing circuit for image sensors  
An anti-eclipse circuit of an image pixel includes a clamping circuit for pulling up a voltage of a reset signal output by the pixel and an eclipse detection circuit for controllably coupling the...
7476835 Driving method for solid-state imaging device and imaging apparatus  
A driving method for a solid-state imaging device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, VCCDs, a line memory, and an HCCD includes: transferring all of the electric charges,...
7476836 Multi-point correlated sampling for image sensors  
An improved passive pixel sensor (PPS) circuit comprising a correlated sampling circuit and method that integrates pixel charge leakage onto an integrating amplifier during sampling periods. An...
7476831 Microscopic imaging system having an optical correcting element  
A microscopic imaging system includes a receiving means ( 2 ) for receiving an article ( 4 ) to be imaged, a linear optical detector ( 16 ), focussing means ( 10 ) for focussing an image of an...
7476833 Solid-state imaging device, method for manufacturing the same, and camera using the same  
In order to implement a solid-state imaging device with high photo-sensitivity that includes a light collecting part which can reduce undesired variations during manufacture and which has high...
7476837 Amplifying-type solid-state imaging device  
An amplification type solid-state image pickup device of the invention includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections 10 each having an embedded photodiode 1 and a transfer...
7476841 Photodetector, spatial information detecting device using the photodetector, and photo detection method  
A photodetector is provided, which has the capability of preventing a reduction in dynamic range for a signal light even under a plenty of environmental light to stably obtain a received light...
7476834 Diagnosis system including correlating radiographed image data with patient information  
A diagnosis system includes an image generating apparatus for forming photographed image data and a control apparatus, wherein the image generating apparatus includes an FPD having an image...
7473888 Display with compensated light source drive  
A MEM s scanning device has a variable resonant frequency. In one embodiment, the MEMs device includes a torsion arm that supports an oscillatory body. In one embodiment, an array of removable...
7474346 Image processing device and method for reading image signal from a matrix type solid state image-pickup element  
An image processing device is provided. The image processing device includes a first shift register connected to a line for reading out an image signal that selects a line where a signal in...
7473889 Optical integrated circuit package  
An optical device and method for making the same is disclosed. The device includes having a circuit element that is located in an opaque enclosure. The circuit element includes a die having an...
7473883 Amplification with feedback capacitance for photodetector signals  
Signals from an imager pixel photodetector are received by an amplifier having capacitive feedback, such as a capacitive transimpedance amplifier (CTIA). The amplifier can be operated at a low or...
7473881 Image sensor  
The image sensor has a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns to form a pixel array, each pixel column having a column bitline. The image sensor includes a column readout for each column...
7470893 Photo-detection device  
The present invention relates to a photo-detecting apparatus having a structure which can accurately detect light by restraining noises from occurring. The photo-detecting apparatus comprises a...
7471324 Amplifier shared between two columns in CMOS sensor  
The present invention provides an improved shared amplifier circuitry and method of operation which minimizes offset and column to column fixed pattern noise during a read out operation. The...
7470882 Reduction in size of column sample and hold circuitry in a CMOS imager  
Improved column sample-and-hold (CSH) circuitry particularly useful in a CMOS imager is disclosed. In the improved circuitry layout, the overall column height of the CSH circuitry is reduced by...
7470881 Solid-state imaging device including plural groups of photoelectric conversion devices with plural microlenses being shifted in a peripheral portion of the imaging device, and imaging apparatus including the imaging device  
A solid-state imaging device includes: plural kinds of groups of photoelectric conversion devices, the solid-state imaging device being so constructed that a difference between an amount of light...
7471426 Image reading apparatus and image reading method  
An image reading apparatus having a color line sensor and a monochromatic line sensor starts to read on the basis of the color reading start position when reading the image of a document in color...
7468750 Solid state imaging device having transition time relationship for drive signals  
A CMOS sensor has unit pixels each structured by a light receiving element and three transistors, to prevent against the phenomenon of saturation shading and the reduction of dynamic range. The...
7468501 Linear dynamic range enhancement in a CMOS imager  
A CMOS imager with increased linear dynamic range but without degradation in noise, responsivity, linearity, fixed-pattern noise, or photometric calibration comprises a linear calibrated dual gain...
7468499 Device and method 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...
7468500 High performance charge detection amplifier for CCD image sensors  
The CCD charge detection amplifier includes a floating diffusion charge detection node biased from a voltage reference node; a reset device coupled between the floating Diffusion charge detection...
7465910 Solid state imaging device with increased vertical and horizontal resolutions in interlace scanning method  
A solid state imaging device comprises a semiconductor substrate defining a two-dimensional surface, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements disposed in a light receiving area of said...
7465908 Image acquisition apparatus for use with a microscope, an image recording system that uses the image acquisition apparatus, and an image storage method  
An image acquisition apparatus is disclosed that includes: an image pickup element that acquires images obtained using a microscope; a change detector that detects the amount of change between an...