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20110075469 | RESISTANCE VARIABLE NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - Each of memory cells (MC) includes one transistor and one resistance variable element. The transistor includes a first main terminal, a second main terminal and a control terminal. The resistance variable element includes a first electrode, a second electrode and a resistance variable layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode. A first main terminal of one of two adjacent memory cells is connected to a second main terminal of the other memory cell, to form a series path (SP) sequentially connecting main terminals of the plurality of memory cells in series. Each of the memory cells is configured such that the control terminal is a part of a first wire (WL) associated with the memory cell or is connected to the first wire associated with the memory cell, the second electrode is a part of a second wire (SL) associated with the memory cell or is connected to the second wire associated with the memory cell; and the first electrode is a part of a series path (SP) associated with the memory cell or is connected to the series path associated with the memory cell. | 03-31-2011 |
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20110299322 | METHOD OF PROGRAMMING VARIABLE RESISTANCE ELEMENT, METHOD OF INITIALIZING VARIABLE RESISTANCE ELEMENT, AND NONVOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE - A method of programming a variable resistance element includes: performing a writing step by applying a writing voltage pulse having a first polarity to a transition metal oxide comprising two metal oxide layers which are stacked, so as to change a resistance state of the transition metal oxide from high to low, each of the two metal oxide layers having a different degree of oxygen deficiency; and performing an erasing step by applying an erasing voltage pulse having a second polarity to the transition metal oxide so as to change the resistance state of the transition metal oxide from low to high, the second polarity being different from the first polarity, wherein |Vw | 12-08-2011 |
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20120170353 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROGRAMMING THE SAME - A method for programming a nonvolatile memory device according to the present invention includes a step of detecting an excessively low resistance cell from among a plurality of memory cells ( | 07-05-2012 |
20120319072 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE, NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - A manufacturing method for manufacturing, with a simple process, a non-volatile memory apparatus having a stable memory performance includes: (a) forming a stacking-structure body above a substrate by alternately stacking conductive layers comprising a transition metal and interlayer insulating films comprising an insulating material; (b) forming a contact hole penetrating through the stacking-structure body to expose part of each of the conductive layers; (c) forming variable resistance layers by oxidizing the part of each of the conductive layers, the part being exposed in the contact hole, and each of the variable resistance layers having a resistance value that reversibly changes according to an application of an electric signal; and (d) forming a pillar electrode in the contact hole by embedding a conductive material in the contact hole, the pillar electrode being connected to each of the variable resistance layers. | 12-20-2012 |
20130010530 | METHOD FOR DRIVING NON-VOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT, AND NON-VOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE - Provided is a method for driving a non-volatile memory element in which a variable resistance element including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a variable resistance layer capable of reversibly changing between a high resistance state and a low resistance state with application of electrical signals having different polarities is connected in series with a current steering element having bidirectional rectifying characteristics with respect to an applied voltage. After the non-volatile memory element is manufactured, the resistance value of the variable resistance layer is reduced from a resistance value in the initial resistance state higher than that in the high resistance state by applying, to the non-volatile memory element, a voltage pulse having the polarity identical to that of the voltage pulse for changing the variable resistance layer from the low resistance state to the high resistance state in the normal operations. | 01-10-2013 |
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20080259201 | Camera Module and Electronic Apparatus Provided with it - A camera module that can be made thinner and achieves a beautiful image over an entire image region regardless of a subject distance is provided. The camera module includes a plurality of lens portions, each including at least one lens, a plurality of imaging regions, provided in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of lens portions, each including a light-receiving surface that is substantially orthogonal to an optical axis direction of its corresponding lens portion, an imaging signal input portion to which a plurality of imaging signals outputted respectively from the plurality of imaging regions are inputted, a block division portion for dividing at least one imaging signal of the plurality of imaging signals into a plurality of blocks, a parallax computing portion for computing for each of the blocks a parallax between images formed respectively by the plurality of lens portions using the imaging signal, and a parallax correcting portion for correcting the plurality of imaging signals based on the parallax and performing an image synthesis. | 10-23-2008 |
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20090160997 | IMAGING DEVICE - A plurality of lenses | 06-25-2009 |
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20100149350 | Image Sensing Apparatus And Image Sensing Method - An image sensing apparatus senses first and second images, and produces a merged image by merging the first and second images together. An exposure time for the second image is longer than an exposure time for the first image. By sensing the first image before the second image, the first image is prevented from being sensed during a camera-shake-increase period starting a long time after the input of a image-sensing-start instruction. Also, by waiting for an image-sensing standby time to elapse before sensing the first image, the first image can be sensed during a period of a particularly small camera shake. | 06-17-2010 |
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20100157107 | Image Apparatus And Electronic Apparatus - A clipping set portion includes: a main object detection portion which detects a main object in an input image and generates main object position information; a clipping region set portion which sets a clipping region for the input image based on the main object position information; and a zoom information generation portion which generates zoom information based on zoom intention information from a user input via an operation portion. The zoom intention information is information which is input via the operation portion at a time of taking the input image and indicates whether or not to perform a zoom process. | 06-24-2010 |
20100157110 | Image Sensing Apparatus - An image sensing apparatus that includes an image sensing portion outputting the image data of an image by shooting and that generates an output image based on the output data of the image sensing portion obtained in response to a predetermined shooting command has: a first correction portion which, based on the image data of a first image shot by the image sensing portion and the image data of a second image shot by the image sensing portion with an exposure time longer than the exposure time of the first image, performs position adjustment between the first and second images and then synthesizes the first and second images to generate the output image; a second correction portion which generates the output image by reducing noise in the first image without using the second image; and a correction control portion which executes selection processing to alternatively select one of the first and second correction portions based on a shooting condition set for shooting of the second image or based on the output data of the image sensing portion, and which makes the so selected correction portion generate the output image. | 06-24-2010 |
20100277620 | Imaging Device - Before performing a zoom in operation, a view angle candidate frame indicating an angle of view after the zoom in operation is superimposed on an input image to generate an output image. A user checks the view angle candidate frame in the output image so as to check in advance an angle of view after the zoom in operation. | 11-04-2010 |
20100302595 | Image Reproducing Apparatus And Imaging Apparatus - An image reproducing apparatus includes a reproduction control unit which selects n out of given m input images as n output images by evaluating similarity among different input images of the m input images, and outputs the n output images onto a reproduction medium (m is an integer of two or larger, n is an integer of one or larger, and m>n holds). | 12-02-2010 |