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8183515 |
Pumps for CMOS imagers
A pixel for an imaging device is described. The pixel includes a photosensitive device provided within a substrate for providing photo-generated charges, a circuit associated with the...
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8184188 |
Methods and apparatus for high dynamic operation of a pixel cell
A pixel circuit providing high dynamic operation, and methods of operating the pixel circuit providing for high dynamic operation. Methods include a lateral overflow and a double exposure mode, and...
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8184190 |
Simultaneous global shutter and correlated double sampling read out in multiple photosensor pixels
An apparatus controls operation of an array of color multiple sensor pixel image sensors to provide a global shuttering for one half of the color multiple sensor pixel image sensors and a rolling...
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8184224 |
Display apparatus and method of laying out pixel circuits
Herein disclosed a display apparatus including: a pixel array having a matrix of pixel circuits each including respective electrooptical elements for determining a display brightness level and...
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8184189 |
Image sensing device and image sensing system
The image sensing device includes a semiconductor substrate; a light shielding layer that is arranged above the semiconductor substrate and shields an optical black region and a peripheral region...
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8184185 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into two dimensions for converting an incident light into a signal electric charge and for...
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8184184 |
Analog multiplexer configured to reduce kickback perturbation in image sensor readout
An analog multiplexer is configured to multiplex a plurality of input analog signal channels into a single output analog signal channel. The analog multiplexer comprises a plurality of input...
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8179467 |
Analog-signal processing circuit for improving accuracy of arithmetic mean of signals
In a first signal conversion circuit, a first electrode of a first capacitor is connected to a first signal line, and a second electrode thereof is connected to a first node. In a second capacitor,...
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8179459 |
Imaging apparatus and processing method thereof
A solid-state imaging apparatus of a dynamic range enlarged by reading out a carrier accumulated in a carrier accumulation unit at a plurality of times during a single carrier accumulation time...
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8179433 |
Microscopic imaging apparatus and microscopic imaging method
The microscopic imaging apparatus includes a system controlling unit for obtaining a VD time setting value, and for obtaining the number of electric charge subtracting pulses, a synchronization...
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8179460 |
System, method, and apparatus for variable rate pixel data transfer and storage
A variable rate image sensor outputs pixel data at a variable rate using lookup tables to selectively read out particular rows at particular times. The readout rate is not constant, allowing for a...
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8179468 |
Integrated CMOS imager and microcontroller
A method and apparatus providing a CMOS imager with an integrated controller on a common integrated circuit substrate. Also integrated on the common substrate are, a serializer circuit including a...
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8179466 |
Capture of video with motion-speed determination and variable capture rate
A method of capturing a video of a scene depending on the speed of motion in the scene, includes capturing a video of the scene; determining the relative speed of motion within a first region of...
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8179465 |
Solid-state imaging device and camera system
A solid-state imaging device and a camera system are provided. The solid-state imaging device capable of performing an intermittent operation includes a pixel unit and a pixel signal readout unit...
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8179464 |
Circuit and method for reading out and resetting pixels of an image sensor
A circuit for resetting and reading out a pixel cell of a CMOS image sensor is proposed. The circuit allows for reading out the pixel cell at least two times during a main integration interval,...
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8179469 |
Photoelectric conversion apparatus and photoelectric conversion system having the apparatus
In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a...
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8174601 |
Image sensor with controllable transfer gate off state voltage levels
A CMOS image sensor or other type of image sensor comprises a pixel array and a signal generator coupled to the pixel array. The pixel array comprises a plurality of pixels each having a...
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8174599 |
Image pickup apparatus having control lines connected to alternate matrix rows
An image pickup apparatus which can photograph a high-definition image and a moving image of lower resolution at high quality and an image pickup system which uses the image pickup apparatus are...
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8174603 |
Image sensors and methods with antiblooming channels and two side driving of control signals
An image sensor of various embodiments includes a pixel array. The pixel array includes a pixel having a photodiode and a transfer gate. The pixel array in various embodiments further includes an...
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8174600 |
Image sensing apparatus and imaging system
An image sensing apparatus comprises a transfer block including a first transfer unit and a second transfer unit, wherein the first transfer unit includes a first impedance converter which...
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8174602 |
Image sensing system and method utilizing a MOSFET
A unit cell includes a MOSFET and an integration capacitor. The MOSFET includes a source, a drain, and a gate. The drain is coupled to the source, and the MOSFET is operable to store a first...
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8174595 |
Drive unit for image sensor, and drive method for imaging device
A drive unit for an image sensor of the present invention comprises, for horizontal scanning, a drive section performing addition and readout of a first FD (floating diffusion) shared by two pixels...
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8174594 |
Method of operating ripple counter, image sensor having ripple counter, method of operating image sensor, and analog-to-digital converter of image sensor
An example embodiment of an image sensor may include a controller and a plurality of up/down ripple counters. The controller may generate a first control signal and a second control signal. Each of...
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8174604 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises first accumulation units, of which number is n, holding a digital value of n-bits output from a counter, second accumulation units, of which number is n,...
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8169498 |
Nonlinear error correction processor for an image sensor
An image pickup device is provided, capable of complete correction with data of once analog-to-digital conversion, and prevention of excess use of switches and analog devices and/or erroneous...
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8169522 |
Imaging devices, systems and methods
An imaging device comprises a semiconductor substrate including an array of pixel cells. Each pixel cell comprising an individually addressable pixel circuit for accumulating charge resulting from...
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8169525 |
Image sensing device and image sensing system
An image sensing device comprises a readout unit, an output amplifier, and a horizontal scanning unit, wherein the horizontal scanning unit scans a plurality of column signal holding circuits in a...
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8169499 |
Solid-state image pick-up device, data transmission method, and image pickup apparatus
A video camera (100) for transmitting image data from an image pickup device to an image processing device with reduced electric power includes a C-MOS image sensor (110) that reads captured image...
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8169524 |
Image sensing apparatus with pixel readout correction
An image sensing apparatus comprises: a pixel array; a plurality of column signal lines; a readout unit; a driving unit that, in a transferring period for the readout unit to transfer pixel signals...
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8169526 |
Low noise signal reproducing method for a solid state imaging device
A method for reproducing a low noise signal for a solid state imaging device which can reduce not only the reset noise but the amplifier noise around frequency zero, avoiding the saturation of the...
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8169523 |
Solid-state imaging device and electronic apparatus
A solid-state imaging device includes: a photoelectric conversion portion; a floating diffusion region; a transfer gate electrode made of an n-type semiconductor; a sidewall made of an n-type...
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8164666 |
Device and method for providing a reference signal
A device that includes a pixel array, an interfacing circuit and a sample and hold circuit. The interfacing circuit directs to at least one pixel of the pixel array a sampled voltage that is...
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8164665 |
Method and apparatus for controlling pixel sensor elements
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...
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8164657 |
Pixel or column fixed pattern noise mitigation using partial or full frame correction with uniform frame rates
Systems and methods are provided that facilitate mitigating pixel or column fixed pattern noise in a CMOS imaging System-on-Chip (iSoC) sensor. For instance, pixel or column fixed pattern noise can...
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8164668 |
Photoelectric conversion device and image capturing system
A photoelectric conversion device includes an isolation portion defining an active region, a photoelectric converter arranged in the active region and including a charge accumulation region...
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8164667 |
Image sensing device and image sensing method
An image sensing device and image sensing method is described, in which an interrupt circuit is disposed to interrupt a clock signal input to a logic circuit not associated with the reading of...
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8164663 |
Analog bus driver and multiplexer
For a source-follower signal chain, the ohmic drop in the selection switch causes unacceptable voltage offset, non-linearity, and reduced small signal gain. For an op amp signal chain, the required...
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RE43314 |
Compact active pixel with low-noise image formation
A low-noise active pixel circuit is disclosed that efficiently suppresses reset (kTC) noise by using a compact preamplifier consisting of a photodetector and only three transistors of identical...
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8159589 |
Image sensor for high-speed data readout
An image sensor for high-speed data readout is provided. The image sensor includes a line memory block temporarily storing a digital signal in unit of lines which is generated based on an analog...
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8158921 |
Dual conversion gain gate and capacitor combination
An imaging device comprising a plurality of photosensors, a shared diffusion region for receiving charge generated by the photosensors, and a dual conversion gain element that can be selectively...
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8159573 |
Photoelectric conversion device and imaging system
A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels including a photoelectric conversion unit are arrayed, a first storage unit and second storage unit which...
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8159576 |
Solid state imaging device
A solid state imaging device 1 includes a photodetecting section including M×N pixel portions P1,1 to PM,N two-dimensionally arrayed in M rows and N columns, a signal readout section including ...
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8159585 |
Image sensor pixel with gain control
A method for reading out an image signal, the method comprising: providing at least two photosensitive regions; providing at least two transfer gates respectively associated with each...
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8159587 |
Pixel read circuitry
A method of reading voltages from an image sensor having an array of pixels, each pixel Having at least one photodiode connectable to a storage node, the method including: controlling each pixel in...
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8159586 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus
A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having unit pixels arranged into a two-dimensional matrix, each unit pixel containing a photoelectric conversion section for effecting a...
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8159577 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus with decoders for controlling reset switches
A solid-state imaging apparatus includes: a pixel region including a plurality of pixels, each including a photoelectric conversion element, arranged in matrix, and a reset switch for discharging...
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8159588 |
Exposure control for image sensors
An imaging system utilizes an exposure control circuit to control the length of an exposure in full frame mode. The exposure control circuit receives as an input the antiblooming current from at...
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8154639 |
Solid state imaging apparatus and method of driving the same
In a solid-state imaging apparatus, during a horizontal scanning period, a pixel signal is written in a first holding unit, while a horizontal scanning circuit outputs, to the horizontal common...
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8154056 |
Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing solid-state imaging device and method of driving solid-state imaging device
A solid-state imaging device capable of securing sufficient sensitivity and obtaining favorable characteristics is provided. The solid-state imaging device includes a charge-transfer portion 2...
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8154636 |
Image enhancement using hardware-based deconvolution
An image enhancement circuit (26, 60, 190, 260) includes an input interface (64, 262), which is operative to accept a stream of input pixel values belonging to pixels (32) of an input image. The...
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