公开(公告)号：US20050157191A1

公开(公告)日：2005-07-21

申请号：US11037220

申请日：2005-01-19

申请人： Izumi Shimizu ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Kunihiro Imamura ,  Keijirou Itakura

发明人： Izumi Shimizu ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Kunihiro Imamura ,  Keijirou Itakura

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H01L27/14 ,  H01L27/148 ,  H04N3/15 ,  H04N9/04

CPC分类号： H01L27/14868 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： A solid state imaging device of the present invention comprises a solid state imaging element which includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a matrix. In the solid state imaging device of the present invention, a pixel mixture unit area includes q pixels (q is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) in the first direction of the solid state imaging element and p pixels (p is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) in the second direction that crosses the first direction. The solid state imaging device includes: means for performing a first-field pixel addition process of adding together electric charges of a plurality of pixels included in the plurality of pixel mixture unit areas and a second-field pixel addition process of adding together the electric charges of the plurality of pixels included in the plurality of pixel mixture unit areas based on a combination of the pixel mixture unit areas which is different from that of the first-field pixel addition process; and means for alternately outputting signals of the electric charges obtained in the first-field pixel addition process and second-field pixel addition process as signals for interlaced scanning.

摘要翻译： 本发明的固态成像装置包括固态成像元件，其包括以矩阵排列的多个光电转换元件。 在本发明的固态成像装置中，像素混合单位区域包括在固态成像元件的第一方向上的q个像素（q是等于或大于2的自然数），p个像素（p是自然数） 数量等于或大于2）在穿过第一方向的第二方向上。 固态成像装置包括：用于执行将包括在多个像素混合单位区域中的多个像素的电荷相加在一起的第一场像素相加处理的装置和将电荷相加在一起的第二场像素相加处理 基于与第一场像素相加处理不同的像素混合单位区域的组合，包含在多个像素混合单位区域中的多个像素中; 以及用于交替地输出在第一场像素相加处理和第二场像素相加处理中获得的电荷的信号作为用于隔行扫描的信号的装置。

公开(公告)号：US20140168485A1

公开(公告)日：2014-06-19

申请号：US13821954

申请日：2012-09-13

申请人： Masao Hiramoto ,  Tatsuya Nakamura ,  Toshiya Fujii

发明人： Masao Hiramoto ,  Tatsuya Nakamura ,  Toshiya Fujii

IPC分类号： H04N9/04 ,  H01L27/146

CPC分类号： H01L27/14625 ,  H01L27/14621 ,  H01L27/14627 ,  H01L27/14629 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： This solid-state image sensor 10 includes an array of photosensitive cells and an array of dispersing elements. The photosensitive cell array is comprised of multiple unit blocks 40, each of which includes four photosensitive cells 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d. The dispersing element array 100 makes light, obtained by subtracting a complementary color ray of the first color component (C1̂) from the incoming light (W) and adding a light ray with the first color component (C1) to the remainder, incident on the first photosensitive cell 2a, makes light, obtained by subtracting the light ray with the first color component (C1) from the incoming light (W) and adding the complementary color ray of the first color component (C1̂) to the remainder, incident on the second photosensitive cell 2b, makes light, obtained by subtracting a light ray with the third color component (C3) from the incoming light (W) and adding a complementary color ray of the third color component (C3̂) to the remainder, incident on the third photosensitive cell 2c, and makes light, obtained by subtracting the complementary color ray of the third color component (C3̂) from the incoming light (W) and adding the light ray with the third color component (C3) to the remainder, incident on the fourth photosensitive cell 2d.

摘要翻译： 该固态图像传感器10包括感光单元阵列和分散元件阵列。 感光单元阵列由多个单元块40组成，每个单元块40包括四个感光单元2a，2b，2c和2d。 分散元件阵列100通过从入射光（W）中减去第一颜色分量（C1）的补色光而将第一颜色分量（C1）的光线与其余部分相加，获得的光 第一感光单元2a通过从入射光（W）中减去具有第一颜色分量（C1）的光线并将第一颜色分量（C1）的互补色光与剩余部分相加而获得的光 第二感光单元2b通过从入射光（W）中减去具有第三颜色分量（C3）的光线获得的光，并将第三颜色分量（C3）的互补色光线附加到其余部分 并且通过从入射光（W）中减去第三颜色分量（C3）的互补色光并将具有第三颜色分量（C3）的光线添加到其余部分而获得的光， 入射到第四感光单元2d上。

公开(公告)号：US07750957B2

公开(公告)日：2010-07-06

申请号：US10970724

申请日：2004-10-22

申请人： Yoshihisa Shimazu ,  Ryouichi Nagayoshi ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Toshiyuki Nakashima ,  Toshinobu Hatano ,  Jun Kajiwara ,  Kenji Arakawa ,  Toshiya Kogishi

发明人： Yoshihisa Shimazu ,  Ryouichi Nagayoshi ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Toshiyuki Nakashima ,  Toshinobu Hatano ,  Jun Kajiwara ,  Kenji Arakawa ,  Toshiya Kogishi

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H01L27/00 ,  H01L31/113

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/3456

摘要： A solid-state image sensing apparatus including a solid-state image sensing device and a signal processing circuit. The solid-state image sensing device includes: a vertical transfer unit, composed of transfer columns corresponding to columns of the light-to-electric conversion elements, operable to transfer, in a vertical direction, signal charges read out from the light-to-electric conversion elements; a horizontal transfer unit operable to receive the signal charges from the vertical transfer unit and transfer them in a horizontal direction. The signal processing circuit converts the signal charges from the horizontal transfer unit into pixel data, and rearranges it into a two-dimensional array. In the rearrangement, the signal processing circuit, per transfer of one piece of pixel data, cyclically selects a line memory out of three line memories, writes a piece of pixel data into the selected line memory, or reads a row of pixel data from the selected line memory.

摘要翻译： 一种固态摄像装置，包括固体摄像装置和信号处理电路。 固体摄像装置包括：垂直传送单元，由对应于光 - 电转换元件的列的传送列组成，可操作以沿垂直方向传送从光 - 电转换元件读出的信号电荷， 电转换元件; 水平传送单元，其可操作以从垂直传送单元接收信号电荷并在水平方向上传送它们。 信号处理电路将来自水平传送单元的信号电荷转换为像素数据，并将其重新排列成二维阵列。 在重新布置中，信号处理电路每次传送一个像素数据，循环选择三行存储器中的行存储器，将一条像素数据写入所选择的行存储器中，或从一行像素数据中读取一行像素数据 选择行内存。

公开(公告)号：US07701498B2

公开(公告)日：2010-04-20

申请号：US10739305

申请日：2003-12-19

申请人： Kunihiro Imamura ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Shinichi Tashiro

发明人： Kunihiro Imamura ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Shinichi Tashiro

IPC分类号： H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/343 ,  H04N5/3452 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/374

摘要： The solid-state image pickup device of the invention includes: a plurality of optoelectronic transducers arranged in an array; a plurality of vertical transfer sections each for reading charges from optoelectronic transducers and vertically transferring the read charges; a horizontal transfer section; a charge detection section for converting the horizontally transferred charges to signal voltages and the like; and a control section. The control section outputs signals so as to obtain either a signal corresponding to the sum of charges from an optoelectronic transducer belonging to one column and belonging to one of alternately selected rows and an optoelectronic transducer belonging to a column adjacent to the one column and belonging to a row other than the alternately selected rows, or a signal corresponding to the sum of charges from optoelectronic transducers belonging to a same column, every predetermined even number of continuous rows of optoelectronic transducers.

摘要翻译： 本发明的固体摄像装置包括：排列成阵列的多个光电换能器; 多个垂直传送部分，用于从光电子传感器读取电荷并垂直传送读取的电荷; 水平转移部分; 用于将水平传送的电荷转换为信号电压等的电荷检测部分; 和控制部分。 控制部分输出信号以获得对应于属于一列的属于一列的属于一列的光电转换器的属于与该列相邻的列的属于属于一列的列的光电转换器的电荷之和的信号， 除了交替选择的行之外的行或对应于属于同一列的光电转换器的电荷之和的信号，每个预定偶数个连续行的光电换能器。

公开(公告)号：US07515184B2

公开(公告)日：2009-04-07

申请号：US10992108

申请日：2004-11-19

申请人： Toshiya Fujii ,  Ryoichi Nagayoshi ,  Akiyoshi Kohno ,  Shinichi Tashiro

发明人： Toshiya Fujii ,  Ryoichi Nagayoshi ,  Akiyoshi Kohno ,  Shinichi Tashiro

IPC分类号： H04N9/083 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N9/04

CPC分类号： H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/3722 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： The present invention provides a solid-state image sensor, a solid-state image sensing apparatus, and a camera realizing a high-speed operation, all operable to output signal charges so as to maintain the light sensitivity and generate high-quality video signals free from moiré and aliased signals even if the number of pixels making up one frame of an image is reduced. The solid-state image sensor comprises a plurality of photoelectric converters, vertical transfer groups, and a horizontal transfer unit disposed at one side of the vertical transfer groups. Each vertical transfer group includes 2n+1 vertical transfer units, where n is an integer of 1 or more. Each vertical transfer unit includes a plurality of transfer electrodes arranged in columns and charge storage units receiving and storing charges from the photoelectric converters. In n out of the 2n+1 vertical transfer units, predetermined transfer electrodes disposed near the horizontal transfer unit are independent transfer electrodes.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种固态图像传感器，固态图像感测装置和实现高速操作的照相机，全部可操作地输出信号电荷，以保持光的灵敏度并产生高质量的视频信号 即使构成图像的一帧的像素数量减少，也可以从波纹和混叠信号中获得。 固态图像传感器包括多个光电转换器，垂直传送组和设置在垂直传送组一侧的水平传送单元。 每个垂直传送组包括2n + 1个垂直传送单元，其中n是1或更大的整数。 每个垂直传送单元包括多个布置成列的传送电极，并且从光电转换器接收和存储电荷的电荷存储单元。 在2n + 1垂直转印单元中的n中，设置在水平转印单元附近的预定转印电极是独立的转印电极。

公开(公告)号：US07199827B2

公开(公告)日：2007-04-03

申请号：US10670204

申请日：2003-09-26

申请人： Kazuyuki Inokuma ,  Toshiya Fujii

发明人： Kazuyuki Inokuma ,  Toshiya Fujii

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/3658 ,  H04N5/361

摘要： An image pickup area including a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix pattern, each pixel being an amplified MOS image sensor, is divided into a block A including odd-numbered columns of pixels and a block B including even-numbered columns of pixels. A horizontal signal line and an output amplifier are provided for each of the block A and the block B. Signal voltages on vertical signal lines are temporarily stored in a line memory. In the normal mode, the signal voltages of two pixels adjacent to each other in the horizontal direction are supplied from the line memory respectively to the output amplifiers. In the correction mode, a switch is closed to connect the horizontal signal lines with each other so that the signal voltage of the same pixel is supplied to the output amplifiers.

摘要翻译： 包括以二维矩阵图案排列的多个像素的图像拾取区域，每个像素是放大的MOS图像传感器，被划分为包括奇数列像素的块A和包括偶数列的偶数列的块B 像素。 为块A和块B中的每一个提供水平信号线和输出放大器。垂直信号线上的信号电压临时存储在行存储器中。 在正常模式中，水平方向上彼此相邻的两个像素的信号电压分别从行存储器输出到输出放大器。 在校正模式中，闭合开关以将水平信号线彼此连接，使得相同像素的信号电压被提供给输出放大器。

公开(公告)号：US07164113B2

公开(公告)日：2007-01-16

申请号：US10676136

申请日：2003-09-30

申请人： Kazuyuki Inokuma ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Takumi Yamaguchi ,  Shigetaka Kasuga

发明人： Kazuyuki Inokuma ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Takumi Yamaguchi ,  Shigetaka Kasuga

IPC分类号： H01L27/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/2253 ,  H01L2224/13025 ,  H01L2224/16145 ,  H01L2224/16227 ,  H01L2224/32145 ,  H01L2224/32225 ,  H01L2224/48145 ,  H01L2224/48227 ,  H01L2224/73265 ,  H01L2924/00012 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： The present invention provides a small, high-performance imaging device and its application to products at low cost by preventing noise superimposed on a timing pulse feed line from affecting the output of an imaging chip. The imaging device includes two chips: an imaging chip 101 including a sensor 102 and an image processing chip 106 including an image processing circuit 110. The transistors of all circuits in the imaging chip 101 are formed as either nMOS or pMOS transistors. The imaging chip 101 is stacked on the image processing chip 106.

摘要翻译： 本发明通过防止叠加在定时脉冲馈电线上的噪声影响成像芯片的输出，提供了一种小型高性能成像装置及其在低成本产品中的应用。 成像装置包括两个芯片：包括传感器102的成像芯片101和包括图像处理电路110的图像处理芯片106。 成像芯片101中的所有电路的晶体管形成为nMOS或pMOS晶体管。 成像芯片101堆叠在图像处理芯片106上。

公开(公告)号：US07019781B2

公开(公告)日：2006-03-28

申请号：US10107485

申请日：2002-03-28

申请人： Yukihiro Tanizoe ,  Shigeo Sakaue ,  Kazuyuki Inokuma ,  Toshiya Fujii

发明人： Yukihiro Tanizoe ,  Shigeo Sakaue ,  Kazuyuki Inokuma ,  Toshiya Fujii

IPC分类号： H04N5/232

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/202 ,  H04N5/23293 ,  H04N2201/0049 ,  H04N2201/0089

摘要： A digital camera with interchangeable displays having a built-in display device and an image output terminal for transmitting image signals to an external monitor device, characterized in that it has a plurality of means for processing the image, outputting a suitable image to the built-in display device or to the external monitor device by switching between the means for processing the image on the basis of prescribed signals.

摘要翻译： 一种具有可互换显示器的数码相机，具有内置显示装置和用于将图像信号传输到外部监视器装置的图像输出端子，其特征在于，其具有用于处理图像的多个装置，向内置显示装置输出合适的图像， 在显示装置中或通过在基于规定的信号处理图像的装置之间切换到外部监视器装置。

公开(公告)号：US20050104982A1

公开(公告)日：2005-05-19

申请号：US10970724

申请日：2004-10-22

申请人： Yoshihisa Shimazu ,  Ryouichi Nagayoshi ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Toshiyuki Nakashima ,  Toshinobu Hatano ,  Jun Kajiwara ,  Kenji Arakawa ,  Toshiya Kogishi

发明人： Yoshihisa Shimazu ,  Ryouichi Nagayoshi ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Toshiyuki Nakashima ,  Toshinobu Hatano ,  Jun Kajiwara ,  Kenji Arakawa ,  Toshiya Kogishi

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H04N3/15 ,  H04N5/21 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/3456

摘要： A solid-state image sensing apparatus including a solid-state image sensing device and a signal processing circuit. The solid-state image sensing device includes: a vertical transfer unit, composed of transfer columns corresponding to columns of the light-to-electric conversion elements, operable to transfer, in a vertical direction, signal charges read out from the light-to-electric conversion elements; a horizontal transfer unit operable to receive the signal charges from the vertical transfer unit and transfer them in a horizontal direction. The signal processing circuit converts the signal charges from the horizontal transfer unit into pixel data, and rearranges it into a two-dimensional array. In the rearrangement, the signal processing circuit, per transfer of one piece of pixel data, cyclically selects a line memory out of three line memories, writes a piece of pixel data into the selected line memory, or reads a row of pixel data from the selected line memory.

摘要翻译： 一种固态摄像装置，包括固体摄像装置和信号处理电路。 固体摄像装置包括：垂直传送单元，由对应于光 - 电转换元件的列的传送列组成，可操作以沿垂直方向传送从光 - 电转换元件读出的信号电荷， 电转换元件; 水平传送单元，其可操作以从垂直传送单元接收信号电荷并在水平方向上传送它们。 信号处理电路将来自水平传送单元的信号电荷转换为像素数据，并将其重新排列成二维阵列。 在重新布置中，信号处理电路每次传送一个像素数据，循环地选择三行存储器中的行存储器，将一条像素数据写入所选择的行存储器中，或从一行像素数据中读取一行像素数据 选择行内存。

公开(公告)号：US06757015B2

公开(公告)日：2004-06-29

申请号：US10261696

申请日：2002-10-02

申请人： Kazuyuki Inokuma ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Shinichi Tashiro

发明人： Kazuyuki Inokuma ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Shinichi Tashiro

IPC分类号： H04N314

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/3452 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/374

摘要： An image sensing apparatus is provided, in which the charges of four pixels that are adjacent in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction are mixed and output, and combinations of pixel mixings in the horizontal direction are changed at each line, so that signals after four pixels have been mixed are in an offset sampling relation for each line. Furthermore, a color filter of, for example, an RGB primary color stripe arrangement is provided such that three independent color signals can be attained in both a still picture image sensing (all pixel readout) mode and in a moving picture image sensing (four pixel mixing readout) mode.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种图像感测装置，其中混合并输出在水平方向和垂直方向上相邻的四个像素的电荷，并且在每一行改变水平方向上的像素混合的组合，使得在四个之后的信号 已经混合的像素对于每一行都处于偏移采样关系中。 此外，提供例如RGB原色条纹布置的滤色器，使得可以在静止图像图像感测（全部像素读出）模式和运动图像图像感测（四个像素）中获得三个独立的彩色信号 混合读出）模式。