Invention Application
- Patent Title: IMAGING DEVICE THAT PREVENTS LOSS OF SHADOW DETAIL
- Patent Title (中): 成像设备,防止阴影细节的损失
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Application No.: US13007033Application Date: 2011-01-14
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Publication No.: US20110109780A1Publication Date: 2011-05-12
- Inventor: Masayuki MASUYAMA , Masashi Murakami , Yoshiyuki Matsunaga
- Applicant: Masayuki MASUYAMA , Masashi Murakami , Yoshiyuki Matsunaga
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Priority: JP2003-083516 20030325
- Main IPC: H04N5/335
- IPC: H04N5/335

Abstract:
An imaging device outputs brightness information according to an amount of incident light and includes: an imaging unit that includes a plurality of unit cells arranged one dimensionally or two-dimensionally, each unit cell including a photoelectric conversion part that generates a first output voltage in a reset state and a second output voltage according to an amount of incident light, and each unit cell generating a reset voltage that corresponds to the first output voltage and a read voltage that corresponds to the second output voltage; and an output unit operable to output, in relation to each unit cell, brightness information indicating a difference between the reset voltage and the read voltage when normal light is incident to the imaging device and the read voltage is in a predetermined range, and brightness information indicating high brightness when strong light is incident to the imaging device and the read voltage is not in the predetermined range.
Public/Granted literature
- US08319875B2 Imaging device that prevents loss of shadow detail Public/Granted day:2012-11-27
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