公开(公告)号：US20210006735A1

公开(公告)日：2021-01-07

申请号：US17026851

申请日：2020-09-21

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yasuo MIYAKE ,  Masashi MURAKAMI ,  Tokuhiko TAMAKI ,  Yoshiaki SATOU

IPC: H04N5/353 ,  H01L27/30 ,  H01L27/146

Abstract: An imaging device including pixels having a photoelectric converter including a first and second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer; a charge accumulation region electrically connected to the first electrode; and a signal detection circuit. The photoelectric converter is applied with a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the photoelectric converter has a characteristic, responsive to the voltage within a range from a first voltage to a second voltage, showing that a density of current passing between the first electrode and the second electrode when light is incident on the photoelectric conversion layer becomes substantially equal to that when no light is incident on the photoelectric conversion layer. A difference between the first voltage and the second voltage is 0.5 V or more, and the voltage supply circuit supplies a voltage between the first voltage and the second voltage to the second electrode in a non-exposure period.

公开(公告)号：US20180324375A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-08

申请号：US16036644

申请日：2018-07-16

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yasuo MIYAKE

IPC: H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H01L27/30

CPC classification number: H04N5/374 ,  H01L27/14636 ,  H01L27/307 ,  H04N5/378

Abstract: An imaging device including a pixel which includes a photoelectric converter having a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first photoelectric converter generating signal charge; a charge storage region coupled to the first electrode, the charge storage region accumulating the signal charge; and a transistor which outputs a signal according to the signal charge accumulated in the charge storage region. The imaging device further including first voltage supply circuitry for supplying a first voltage that is positive and a second voltage that is less than the first voltage, the first voltage supply circuitry supplies the first voltage to the second electrode in a first period when the charge storage region accumulates the signal charge, and the first voltage supply circuitry supplies the second voltage to the second electrode in a second period different from the first period.

公开(公告)号：US20240089630A1

公开(公告)日：2024-03-14

申请号：US18516508

申请日：2023-11-21

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yasuo MIYAKE ,  Yusuke OKADA ,  Takeyoshi TOKUHARA ,  Yoshiaki SATOU

IPC: H04N25/75 ,  H04N25/589 ,  H04N25/772

CPC classification number: H04N25/75 ,  H04N25/589 ,  H04N25/772

Abstract: An imaging device 100 includes a pixel array PA. A first period, a third period, and a second period appear in this order in a first frame. During the first period, pixel signal readout is performed on a first row in the pixel array PA. During the second period, pixel signal readout is performed on a second row in the pixel array PA. Each of the first period and the second period is a high-sensitivity exposure period. The third period is a low-sensitivity exposure period.

公开(公告)号：US20210266481A1

公开(公告)日：2021-08-26

申请号：US17243170

申请日：2021-04-28

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Katsuya NOZAWA ,  Yasuo MIYAKE

IPC: H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/355 ,  G01S17/36 ,  G01S17/894 ,  H01L27/144 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/351 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/378

Abstract: An imaging system includes a first illuminator that emits light whose intensity varies with time; and a first imaging device that comprises a first imaging cell; and a first bias control line. The first imaging cell includes a first electrode, a second electrode electrically connected to the first bias control line, and a photoelectric conversion layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode. During a first period from a reset of the first imaging cell until a readout of signal charge accumulated in the first imaging cell, the first bias control line supplies to the second electrode a first bias control signal. The first bias control signal is synchronized with the intensity of the light varying with time.

公开(公告)号：US20210203867A1

公开(公告)日：2021-07-01

申请号：US17202060

申请日：2021-03-15

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Takayoshi Yamada ,  Yasuo MIYAKE ,  Masashi MURAKAMI

IPC: H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/351 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/353 ,  H04N5/374

Abstract: An imaging device including a photoelectric converter that converts incident light into an electric charge; a transfer transistor; a first node coupled to the photoelectric converter via the transfer transistor; a first signal detection transistor having a gate coupled to the first node; a second signal detection transistor having a gate coupled to the photoelectric converter; a signal line coupled to one of a source and a drain of the first signal detection transistor; a first transistor coupled to the first node; and a second transistor coupled to the photoelectric converter, wherein one of the source and the drain of the first signal detection transistor is coupled to the first transistor, one of a source and a drain of the second signal detection transistor is coupled to the second transistor, and no transistor is coupled between the photoelectric converter and the gate of the second signal detection transistor.

公开(公告)号：US20210051261A1

公开(公告)日：2021-02-18

申请号：US17070241

申请日：2020-10-14

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Yoshiaki SATOU ,  Kazuko NISHIMURA ,  Yasuo MIYAKE ,  Osamu SHIBATA ,  Hiroshi IWAI

IPC: H04N5/235 ,  G03B11/04 ,  G06K9/46 ,  G06K9/00 ,  G03B7/16 ,  H04N5/243 ,  G06K9/20 ,  G06K9/18 ,  H04N5/33 ,  H04N5/232 ,  H04N9/04

Abstract: An imaging device having an imager that includes first pixels having sensitivity to a first light and second pixels having sensitivity to a second light, a wavelength of the first light being different from a wavelength of the second light. The imager being configured to acquire first image data from the first pixels and being configured to acquire second image data from the second pixels. Each of the first image data and the second image data including an image of a code, the code being configured to output the second light. The imaging device further including an image processor configured to extract an image of the code based on the first image data and the second image data.

公开(公告)号：US20200177787A1

公开(公告)日：2020-06-04

申请号：US16782411

申请日：2020-02-05

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yoshiaki SATOU ,  Yasuo MIYAKE ,  Yasunori INOUE ,  Tokuhiko TAMAKI

IPC: H04N5/235 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N5/355 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/353 ,  G03B7/08

Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel including a photoelectric converter, where the pixel captures first data in a first exposure period and captures second data in a second exposure period different from the first exposure period, the first exposure period and the second exposure period being included in a frame period. A sensitivity of the photoelectric converter in the first exposure period is different from a sensitivity of the photoelectric converter in the second exposure period, and the imaging device generates multiple-exposure image data including at least the first data and the second data.

公开(公告)号：US20200068150A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-27

申请号：US16670767

申请日：2019-10-31

Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Yasuo MIYAKE

IPC: H04N5/355 ,  H04N5/3745 ,  H01L27/146

Abstract: An imaging device including a pixel including: a photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a first photoelectric conversion layer, the first photoelectric conversion layer generating signal charge, and a transistor having a gate coupled to the first electrode, the transistor outputting a signal corresponding to an amount of the signal charge collected by the first electrode. The imaging device further includes voltage supply circuitry coupled to the second electrode, which, in each of consecutive frame periods, supplies a first voltage two or more times to form exposure periods in which the first signal charge is collected by the first electrode, supplies a second voltage one or more times to form non-exposure periods that separate the exposure periods from each other, and supplies a third voltage in a period when the transistor outputs the signal, and the third voltage is the same between the consecutive frame periods.

公开(公告)号：US20200056879A1

公开(公告)日：2020-02-20

申请号：US16665912

申请日：2019-10-28

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Kazuko NISHIMURA ,  Yasuo MIYAKE ,  Yoshiaki SATOU ,  Osamu SHIBATA ,  Hiroshi IWAI

IPC: G01B11/14 ,  G06T7/70 ,  H04N5/232 ,  G08G1/16 ,  G08G1/09 ,  H04N5/374 ,  G06T7/20 ,  G01P3/36 ,  H04N5/355 ,  H04N5/351 ,  G01B11/00

Abstract: An imaging device includes a pixel. The pixel includes: a first electrode; a second electrode facing the first electrode; a photoelectric conversion layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the photoelectric conversion layer converting light into signal charge; and a charge accumulation region coupled to the second electrode, the charge accumulation region accumulating the signal charge. The pixel captures first data in a first exposure period and captures second data in a second exposure period different from the first exposure period, the first exposure period and the second exposure period being included in a frame period. A length of the first exposure period is different from a length of the second exposure period. The imaging device generates multiple-exposure image data including at least the first data and the second data.

公开(公告)号：US20180278862A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-27

申请号：US15926435

申请日：2018-03-20

Applicant: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.

Inventor： Osamu SHIBATA ,  Hiroshi IWAI ,  Kazuko NISHIMURA ,  Yasuo MIYAKE ,  Yoshiaki SATOU

IPC: H04N5/353 ,  G06T7/20

Abstract: An object is to extract the motion tracks of other vehicles from an image taken from a target vehicle. An image generating apparatus includes: a determiner circuit that determines whether surroundings of the target vehicle are in a dark place; and a control circuit that causes an image sensor including a high-sensitivity cell and a highly-saturated cell to create a highly-saturated frame by multiple exposures through the highly-saturated cell, the highly-saturated cell having lower sensitivity and larger charge storage capacity than the high-sensitivity cell, when the determiner circuit determines that the surroundings of the target vehicle are in the dark place.