| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 348265000 | Each supplying only one color signal | 12 |
| 20090046181 | Method and apparatus providing improved successive approximation analog-to-digital conversion for imagers - A method for performing successive approximation analog-to-digital conversions in an imaging device. Analog-to-digital converters connected to the columns of pixels in the imager are initially grouped. Depending on the column or group the analog-to-digital converter is associated with, a different respective portion of a digital code corresponding to the analog pixel signals input from the respective column undergoes conversion in a manner that substantially reduces capacitive loading within each analog-to-digital converter. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090079855 | Imaging apparatus and method of processing video signal - Calculation is made about standard deviations of portions of high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH along respective predetermined directions. The portions of the high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH represent a prescribed number of pixels including an interpolation pixel located at a position corresponding to none of photosensor pixels in G, R, and B image sensors. The smallest one is detected among the calculated standard deviations. The predetermined direction relating to the detected smallest standard deviation is labeled as a highest-correlation direction in which the highest correlation occurs. Interpolation is implemented in response to portions of the high-frequency components GH, RH, and BH which correspond to the highest-correlation direction to generate a high-frequency interpolation-result signal RGBHI for the interpolation pixel and other pixels. Low-frequency components GL, RL, and BL are combined with the high-frequency interpolation-result signal RGBHI to generate high-definition green, red, and blue signals G(HD), R(HD), and B(HD). | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090262225 | Image capturing apparatus, image capturing method, and computer-readable medium - An image capturing apparatus includes: a light irradiation section that irradiates a subject with a plurality of irradiation light rays resulting from combining light rays having respectively different spectrum forms in respectively different combinations, at respectively different timings; and an image capturing section that captures a plurality of images of the subject irradiated with the plurality of irradiation light rays, at respectively different timings. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100315539 | IMAGE PICKING-UP PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICKING-UP DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - An image processing device and an image processing method capable of generating a moving image having a high resolution and a high frame rate are provided by suppressing the reduction in the amount of incident light on each camera. The imaging and processing device includes a separation section for separating visible light into at least a first color component and a second color component; a first imaging section for taking a moving image of the first color component, wherein the first imaging section takes images of the moving image with a first spatial resolution and a first temporal resolution by exposure for a first charge accumulation time period; a second imaging section for taking a moving image of the second color component, wherein the second imaging section takes images of the moving image with a second spatial resolution higher than the first spatial resolution and a second temporal resolution lower than the first temporal resolution by exposure for a second charge accumulation time period longer than the first charge accumulation time period; a control section for controlling imaging conditions of the first and the second imaging sections; and a processing section for generating a moving image of the second component having the temporal and spatial resolutions thereof increased, based on information on the moving image of each of the first color component and the second color component. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110115953 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - A solid-state image sensing device comprising, light-receiving regions and a color filter which transmits red light, a color filter which transmits blue light, and a color filter which transmits green light is provided. The color filters are arranged on a one-to-one basis above the light-receiving regions. Above the light-receiving region where the color filter which transmits red or blue light is arranged, a light-transmitting film, an antireflection film, a light-transmitting film, an antireflection film, and a light-transmitting film are arranged, in this order from the light-receiving region, between the light-receiving region and the color filter. Above the light-receiving region where the color filter which transmits green light is arranged, a light-transmitting film, an antireflection film, and a light-transmitting film are arranged, in this order from the light-receiving region, between the light-receiving region and the color filter. The antireflection films are higher in refractive index than the light-transmitting films. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20120044393 | IMAGE CAPTURING MODULE AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - A subject image with little blur is provided even when the subject exists in a wide range of distance. An image capturing module includes: a plurality of image capturing systems, each including an optical system and capturing a an image of a subject by light in a wavelength region different from each other to generate a wavelength component signal representing an image of light in the corresponding wavelength region; and an image generating section that combines the wavelength component signals generated by the plurality of image capturing systems thereby generating an image signal representing an image of the subject, where an image capturing system, from among the plurality of image capturing systems, which generates a wavelength component signal having a greater contribution to brightness in the image of the subject includes an optical system having a deeper focal depth. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120075509 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - Provided is a method of manufacturing a solid-state imaging device including: forming a first pattern having an independent island shape configured by an optical filter material on some of photoelectric conversion units among a plurality of photoelectric conversion units arranged on the surface of a substrate; forming a mixed color prevention layer on a side wall of the first pattern; and forming a second pattern having an independent island shape configured by an optical filter material on the rest of the photoelectric conversion units among the plurality of photoelectric conversion units while the mixed color prevention layer is closely disposed between the first pattern and the second pattern. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20130063629 | DIGITAL CAMERA WITH LIGHT SPLITTER - A digital camera component is described that has a light splitter cube having an entrance face to receive incident light from a camera scene. The cube splits the incident light into first, second, and third color components that emerge from the cube through a first face, a second face, and a third face of the cube, respectively. First, second, and third image sensors are provided, each being positioned to receive a respective one of the color components that emerge from the first, second, and third faces of the cube. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130208153 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An information processing apparatus comprising: a sensor unit including a plurality of sensor arrays that output first imaging data formed by an optical system; an array converter that generates second imaging data by converting the first imaging data output by the sensor unit into an order corresponding to a predetermined arrangement; a first signal processor that performs first signal processing on the second imaging data output by the array converter; and a second signal processor that performs second signal processing on the first imaging data output by the sensor unit. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20140132809 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND PROGRAM - Provided is a signal processing circuit including an image processing unit that performs, at an early stage, a process common to first image signals input using a predetermined number of signal lines in correspondence with first image sensors having a first pixel array and second image signals input using a number of signal lines and commonly used to input the first image signals in correspondence with second image sensors having a second pixel array, and performs specific processes specific to the first and second image signals at a later stage, a conversion unit that converts the second image signals subjected to the specific process according to a format of the first image signals, and a selection unit that selects one of the first image signals subjected to the specific process and the converted second image signals and outputs the selected image signals using the predetermined number of signal lines. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140267844 | CAMERA MODULE - Certain embodiments provide a camera module including a housing of a substantially cuboid shape, a light reflecting portion, a plurality of solid-state imaging device, a lens, and an optical spectroscope. The light reflecting portion is arranged inside the housing and reflects the light incident from the opening portion which is formed on a top surface of the housing, in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the housing. Each of a plurality of solid-state imaging devices has a light receiving surface which is provided in the housing vertically to the bottom surface of the housing. The lens is arranged inside the housing such that an optical axis is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the housing. The optical spectroscope is arranged inside the housing and separates the light which has passed through the lens into lights. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20160255311 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE | 09-01-2016 |
