摘要:
An apparatus includes a three dimensional array of light receptors disposed within a substrate having a light receiving surface, where light receptors disposed closer to the light receiving surface are responsive to light having shorter wavelengths than light receptors disposed further from the light receiving surface, and where each light receptor is configured to output a binary value and to change state between an off-state and an on-state by the absorption of at least one photon.
摘要:
An imaging device includes: a pixel array section having an array of pixels each of which has a photoelectric converting device and outputs an electric signal according to an input photon; a sense circuit section having a plurality of sensor circuits each of which makes binary decision on whether there is a photon input to a pixel in a predetermined period upon reception of the electric signal therefrom; and a decision result IC section which integrates decision results from the sense circuits, pixel by pixel or for each group of pixels, multiple times to generate imaged data with a gradation, the decision result IC section including a count circuit which performs a count process to integrate the decision results from the sense circuits, and a memory for storing a counting result for each pixel from the count circuit, the plurality of sense circuits sharing the count circuit for integrating the decision results.
摘要:
An image processing device includes an image correction unit which receives a synthesized image and pseudo color pixel information indicating a pseudo color pixel position included in the synthesized image and executes pixel value correction. The image correction unit selects non-pseudo color pixels as reference pixels from a reference region set in a surrounding region of the pixel to be corrected, sets a similarity weight coefficient in which a large weight is set as a pixel value of the reference pixel that is close to a pixel value of the pixel to be corrected and a pixel position weight coefficient in which a large weight is set as the pixel value of the reference pixel that is near a pixel position of the pixel to be corrected, with respect to the reference pixels, and determines a correction pixel value of the pixel to be corrected by a weighted summation process.
摘要:
An image sensor has a per-column ADC arrangement including first and second capacitors for correlated double sampling, and a comparator circuit. The capacitors are continuously connected to, respectively, the analog pixel signal and a ramp signal without use of a hold operation. The comparator circuit comprises a differential amplifier having one input connected to the junction of the two capacitors and another input connected to a reference signal. The reference signal is preferably sampled and held from a reference voltage. The use of a differential amplifier as first stage of the comparator addresses problems arising from ground voltage bounce when a large pixel array images a scene with low contrast.
摘要:
A semiconductor device, such as a memory device or radiation detector, is disclosed, in which data storage cells are formed on a substrate 13. Each of the data storage cells includes a field effect transistor having a source 18, drain 22 and gate 28, and a body arranged between the source and drain for storing electrical charge generated in the body. The magnitude of the net electrical charge in the body 22 can be adjusted by input signals applied to the transistor, and the adjustment of the net electrical charge by the input signals can be at least partially cancelled by applying electrical voltage signals between the gate 28 and the drain 22 and between the source 18 and the drain 22.
摘要:
A machine vision system to form a one dimensional digital representation of a low information content scene, e.g., a scene that is sparsely illuminated by an illumination plane, and the one dimensional digital representation is a projection formed with respect to columns of a rectangular pixel array of the machine vision system.
摘要:
Capteur matriciel comprenant une matrice d'éléments de détection (PX ¡ ) agencés par lignes et par colonnes et un circuit de lecture pour chaque colonne, les éléments d'une même colonne étant reliés au circuit de lecture correspondant par l'intermédiaire d'un bus (B), chaque élément comprenant un capteur (PHD), un intégrateur de charge (INT) configuré pour accumuler des charges générées par le capteur, un comparateur (CMP) configuré pour générer un signal de déclenchement (FL) lorsqu'un niveau de tension (V) aux bornes de ce dernier atteint un niveau de seuil, ainsi qu'un circuit logique d'accès au bus (CLA), configuré pour recevoir en entrée ledit signal de déclanchement et essayer de transmettre sur ledit bus une adresse (APX) dudit élément dans la colonne, caractérisé en ce que les éléments d'une même colonne ont des niveaux de priorité d'accès au bus prédéterminés, et en ce que ledit circuit logique d'accès au bus de chaque élément est configuré pour : renoncer à transmettre ladite adresse et provoquer une réinitialisation de l'intégrateur de charge de l'élément de détection si le bus est préempté par un élément de niveau de priorité supérieur ; compter le nombre d'essais effectués avant de pouvoir transmettre ladite adresse ; et communiquer ledit nombre audit circuit de lecture avec ladite adresse de l'élément.
摘要:
In a state that a plurality of capacitances are connected between input and output nodes of an amplifier, a short circuit is established between the input and output nodes of the amplifier. In a state that at least one of the capacitances is isolated from the input and output nodes of the amplifier, the plurality of capacitances are connected to the input and output nodes of the amplifier, in a case that an output from the amplifier is larger than a threshold.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method and a device for detecting the temporal variation of the light intensity in a matrix of photosensors, comprising a matrix of pixels, a block for the automatic adjustment of the amplification of the photocurrent, and an arbitrating and event-encoding block. Each pixel comprises a photosensor that generates a photocurrent, an adjustable gain current mirror connected to the outlet of the photosensor, a transimpedance amplifier arranged at the outlet of the current mirror, optionally at least one amplification circuit arranged at the outlet of the transimpedance amplifier, and capacitors and detectors of thresholds for determining whether the output voltage exceeds a higher threshold or drops below a lower threshold in order to generate an event in the pixel.