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7394056 |
Image sensor having pinned floating diffusion diode
The present invention provides an image sensor having a pinned floating diffusion region in addition to a pinned photodiode. The pinned floating diffusion region increases the capacity of the...
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7394052 |
Parallel processing logic circuit for sensor signal processing
A parallel processing logic circuit for sensor signal processing includes sensors and processing units. The sensor and the processing unit are integrated in the same pixel and arranged in a matrix....
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7394054 |
Photoelectric converter and a method of driving the same
A photoelectric converter capable of reducing random noise has a photoelectric conversion circuit that generates an optical signal in correspondence to incident light, a reset circuit connected to...
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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...
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7394053 |
Systems and methods for multi-modal imaging having a spatial relationship in three dimensions between first and second image data
The invention relates to imaging systems that include a coded aperture detection system and an optical detection system. The coded aperture detection system is configured to detect radiation...
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7394531 |
Apparatus and method for automatic optical inspection
An automated optical inspection system, comprising at least one camera having a field of view; and at least one image scanning module comprising a plurality of objective modules arranged to have...
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7391845 |
Semiconductor radiation detector with guard ring, and imaging system with this detector
A guard-ring electrode can be used at a suitable position for each of a plurality of imaging regions. Improvement in image quality and reduction in unnecessary radiation exposure, such as reduction...
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7391003 |
Apparatus and method for adjusting write start position of a scanning light beam of an image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus includes a latent image forming unit in which a light beam scans in a second scan region wider than a first scan region. The light beam is modulated in accordance with an...
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7391002 |
Solid state imaging device having electromagnetic wave absorber attached to a mounting board
A solid state imaging device is constituted of an image sensor chip, a circuit board, and an electromagnetic-wave absorber formed of copper. The image sensor chip is constituted of a bare chip, a...
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7391014 |
Vehicle outside rear-view mirror assembly prepared for carrying an image detector device
An outside rear-view mirror for a vehicle, which is designed to support an image-detector device is disclosed. The assembly comprises a casing with a reflector fastening device and a detector...
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7390999 |
Differential Shack-Hartmann curvature sensor
A differential Shack-Hartmann curvature sensor for measuring a curvature including principal curvatures and directions of a wavefront. The curvature sensor includes a Shack-Hartmann sensor with an...
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7391453 |
Solid-state image sensor and image reading method
In the solid-state image sensor comprising 4-Tr-pixels, TG lines connecting the gate electrodes 28 TG of the transfer transistors of the pixel units of the n th row, and select lines connecting...
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7391008 |
Method and system for wavelength-dependent imaging and detection using a hybrid filter
Apparatus and methods for wavelength-dependent detection are provided. A detector includes a hybrid filter having unpatterned and patterned filter layers and at least one light-detecting sensor...
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7391001 |
Thin lightshield process for solid-state image sensors
An image sensor includes a substrate having photosensitive areas; an insulator spanning the substrate; and a first and second layer of a multi-layer metallization structure, wherein the first layer...
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7391006 |
Fingerprint scanning device with contact image sensing module
A fingerprint scanning device and an electronic device with a fingerprint scanning function are proposed. The fingerprint scanning device has a contact image sensing module, a signal conversion...
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7391004 |
Photo detecting apparatus
A pixel circuit includes a first detector which amplifies a voltage obtained by charging and discharging a capacitance with a photocurrent flowing through a photo detecting element and then outputs...
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7388182 |
Image sensing system for controlling an accessory or headlight of a vehicle
An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, preferably formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a...
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7388187 |
Cross-talk reduction through deep pixel well implant for image sensors
An image sensor device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first type of conductivity, a semiconductor layer having the first type of conductivity formed on the semiconductor substrate, and...
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7388184 |
Image reading device and image reading method
The image reading device of the present invention includes (i) a sensor substrate which functions as a photoelectric transfer element having a photodetecting TFT and a pixel capacitor and (ii) a...
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7388691 |
Method of operating a double-sided scanner
An operating method for a double-sided scanner is provided. A light source of one particular color inside a first group of light sources and a light source of a different color (or the same color)...
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7388185 |
Pixel detector and method of manufacture and assembly thereof
A detector assembly ( 50 ) is formed by integrating the electronic processing circuits on a CMOS wafer by stitching a plurality of reticles of at least two different types so as to form an...
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7388183 |
Low dark current pixel with a guard drive active photodiode
A method and apparatus for reducing thermally generated dark current in a CMOS imaging device is disclosed. A photodiode within the imaging device is kept zero-biased, so that the voltage is equal...
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7385166 |
In-pixel kTC noise suppression using circuit techniques
A circuit and method for reducing kTC noise in CMOS imagers while minimizing power dissipation is disclosed. Correlated double sampling (CDS) is performed within each pixel such that the reset...
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7385167 |
CMOS front end process compatible low stress light shield
An improved imaging device having a pixel arrangement featuring a multilayer light shield. The multilayer light shield includes stacked layers of light-shielding and light-transparent material. The...
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7385169 |
Contact image sensor and methods for aligning a light element array substrate thereof
A contact image sensor is provided including a housing, a slit plate a lens, one or two light sources and a light-receiving element array mounted on a light-receiving element array substrate. The...
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7385173 |
Photosensitive array detector for spectrally split light
A detector includes a photosensitive array including at least one photosensitive surface. A focusing device focuses spectrally split light onto the photosensitive array. The focusing device is...
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7385171 |
Method and apparatus for providing enhanced resolution in photodetectors
A method and apparatus for providing enhanced resolution in photodetector arrays is provided. In a first pass, pixels of a photodetector array are set to low input impedance values, and...
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7385412 |
Systems and methods for testing microfeature devices
Systems and methods for testing microelectronic imagers and microfeature devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a microfeature workpiece including a substrate...
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7381938 |
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,...
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7382461 |
Analysis method and apparatus utilizing attenuated total reflection
An image of a light beam, which has been totally reflected from an interface between a dielectric material block and a thin film layer of an analysis chip for supporting a sample, is detected with...
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7381941 |
Contact image sensing module with movement detecting function
A contact image sensing module with movement detecting function has a main circuit substrate, a linear sensor array, at least a movement detecting element, a light source, a light-guiding device,...
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7381936 |
Self-calibrating anti-blooming circuit for CMOS image sensor having a spillover protection performance in response to a spillover condition
A method and apparatus to provide blooming protection for a pixel in an array while extending dynamic range.
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7381937 |
Image analysis and enhancement system
An image analysis and enhancement system is provided with an image processor, imaging metrics, an image storage depository, and a reconfigurable sensor device that can be present at the same...
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7378635 |
Method and apparatus for dark current and hot pixel reduction in active pixel image sensors
A method of operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge acquisition period. If a small positive...
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7378644 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes a stage for placing a specimen. The stage moves in first directions between a setting position where the specimen is placed and removed and a reading position...
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7375311 |
Scanned-beam imager with phase offset photon emission imaging
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to attributing light emissions to spots a light was scanned over. In aspects, the scanned light includes light capable of increasing light...
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7375748 |
Differential readout from pixels in CMOS sensor
The present invention provides an improved pixel readout circuit that compensates for common mode noise during a read out operation. This is accomplished by using a differential readout of the...
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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...
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7368696 |
Generation and storage of column offsets for a column parallel image sensor
The plural signal chains of an imaging device are calibrated in the digital domain. The pixel array of the imaging device includes a row of calibration pixels. The column circuitry, prior to...
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7368695 |
Image sensor package and fabrication method
An image sensor package is disclosed that reduces the overall size of known image sensor packages. The image sensor package includes an image sensor and image sensor controller that are arranged on...
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7368697 |
System for identifying a photoelectric sensor array size having a detector for determining discontinuity in the readout charge from a readout register
In a size determining system, a number of pixels in a dimension of a sensor array of photoelectric devices is determined. A readout register is arranged to receive charge accumulated in the...
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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....
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7365300 |
Rear vision system
A rear vision system having a divided lens configuration and sensor array. The sensor array has a first, second section and third sections. The lens configuration includes a first portion directing...
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7365299 |
Method and apparatus for providing flexible photodetector binning
A method and apparatus for providing flexible photodetector binning are provided. A photodetector having multiple pixels, such as a charged coupled device (CCD), a focal plane array (FPA), an...
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7365301 |
Three-dimensional shape detecting device, image capturing device, and three-dimensional shape detecting program
A three-dimensional shape detecting device comprising projection means which projects pattern light, image capturing means which captures a pattern light projection image of a subject on which the...
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7365298 |
Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same
The present invention discloses an image sensor and a method for manufacturing the same which is capable of increasing the light-collection efficiency of a photodiode. The image sensor comprises:...
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7361879 |
Method for capturing an image with an electronic handheld device
A method for capturing an image with an electronic handheld device ( 1 ) equipped with a camera unit ( 2 ) and capture means ( 3 ) for triggering an image capture, said electronic handheld device (...
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7361919 |
Multi-biometric finger sensor having different selectivities and associated methods
A multi-biometric finger sensor may sense different biometric characteristics that have different matching selectivities and that have at least a known spatial relationship. The sensor may include...
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7361880 |
Digital camera module for detachably mounting with flex printed circuit board
A digital camera module ( 100 ) includes a holder, an image sensor chip package ( 30 ), a number of conductive elements ( 24 ) and a circuit board ( 40 ). The holder defines a receiving portion....
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7361881 |
Ganged detector pixel, photon/pulse counting radiation imaging device
A ganged-detector pixel cell is used in a device having an array of such pixel cells to construct an x-ray and gamma-ray radiation energy imaging device. The ganged-detector pixel cell comprises a...
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