公开(公告)号：US08773580B2

公开(公告)日：2014-07-08

申请号：US13592834

申请日：2012-08-23

申请人： Hiroaki Ebihara ,  Go Asayama

发明人： Hiroaki Ebihara ,  Go Asayama

IPC分类号： H04N5/225 ,  H04N5/217 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/3741

摘要： A solid-state image pickup device includes a pixel array unit that includes photoelectric conversion elements and in which a plurality of pixels are arranged in rows and columns that output, as pixel signals, electrical signals obtained by photoelectric conversion performed by amplifier elements to which pixel power supply voltage is supplied and that drive signal lines, a pixel power supply unit that generates the pixel power supply voltage from power supply voltage, the pixel power supply voltage being lower than the power supply voltage, and that supplies the pixel power supply voltage to the amplifier elements in the plurality of pixels, and a pixel signal read unit that reads pixel signals from the plurality of pixels.

摘要翻译： 固态图像拾取装置包括像素阵列单元，其包括光电转换元件，并且其中多个像素以行和列排列，作为像素信号，通过由放大器元件执行的光电转换获得的电信号输出到像素 提供电源电压，驱动信号线，从电源电压生成像素电源电压的像素电源单元，像素电源电压低于电源电压，并将像素电源电压提供给 多个像素中的放大器元件以及从多个像素读取像素信号的像素信号读取单元。

公开(公告)号：US08629923B2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-14

申请号：US12923541

申请日：2010-09-28

申请人： Hiroaki Ebihara

发明人： Hiroaki Ebihara

IPC分类号： H04N9/64

CPC分类号： H04N5/2353 ,  H04N5/3456 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/3532 ,  H04N5/3591 ,  H04N5/3745

摘要： A solid-state imaging element includes: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each of the pixels converting an optical signal into an electric signal and storing the electric signal according to exposure time; a dummy pixel section having dummy pixels arranged in a matrix form; and pixel drive sections adapted to control the pixel operations in such a manner as to operate an electronic shutter on and read the pixel section and dummy pixel section, wherein when an electronic rolling shutter is operated in which the pixels are shuttered row by row, the pixel drive sections judge whether the current and next frames are shuttered concurrently and in parallel so as to determine in which horizontal read period the dummy pixel section is to be shuttered.

摘要翻译： 固态成像元件包括：具有以矩阵形式布置的多个像素的像素部分，每个像素将光信号转换为电信号并根据曝光时间存储电信号; 具有以矩阵形式布置的虚拟像素的虚拟像素部分; 以及像素驱动部分，其适于以这样的方式控制像素操作，以便操作电子快门并读取像素部分和虚拟像素部分，其中当电子滚动快门被操作以逐行关闭的电子滚动快门时， 像素驱动部分判断当前帧和下一帧是并行还是并行关闭，以便确定在哪个水平读取周期中虚拟像素部分被关闭。

公开(公告)号：US20130016238A1

公开(公告)日：2013-01-17

申请号：US13497373

申请日：2010-09-14

申请人： Hiroaki Ebihara ,  Yoshikazu Nitta ,  Hirotaka Kitami

发明人： Hiroaki Ebihara ,  Yoshikazu Nitta ,  Hirotaka Kitami

IPC分类号： H04N5/225

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/343 ,  H04N5/3456 ,  H04N5/3458 ,  H04N9/04511

摘要： There is provided an image pickup device which eliminates the need for image processing different from one frame to another, and is capable of eliminating centroid displacement without additionally performing a centroid correction process, thereby improving an S/N ratio and image quality. A controller 140 sequentially reads signals from all pixels when an operation mode control signal designates all-pixel readout mode, whereas, controls to read a signal from a different pixel while varying a readout position from one field to another when the operation mode control signal designates selective readout mode, and a signal processing section 150 performs signal processing on a set of field data of a single field to output resultant data as frame data when the operation mode control signal designates all-pixel readout mode, whereas, adds up plural sets of field data over a plurality of fields to output resultant data as frame data when the operation mode control signal designates selective readout mode.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种图像拾取装置，其不需要不同于一帧到另一帧的图像处理，并且能够消除重心位移而不进行重心校正处理，从而提高S / N比和图像质量。 当操作模式控制信号指定全像素读出模式时，控制器140顺序地从所有像素读取信号，而当操作模式控制信号指定时，控制器从不同的像素读取信号，同时从一个场改变读出位置 选择读取模式，信号处理部分150对单个场的一组场数据进行信号处理，以便当操作模式控制信号指定全像素读出模式时将合成数据输出为帧数据，而将多组 当操作模式控制信号指定选择性读出模式时，将多个场的场数据输出为帧数据。

公开(公告)号：US07327596B2

公开(公告)日：2008-02-05

申请号：US11207841

申请日：2005-08-22

申请人： Hiroaki Ebihara ,  Mitsutoshi Miyasaka

发明人： Hiroaki Ebihara ,  Mitsutoshi Miyasaka

IPC分类号： G11C11/24

CPC分类号： G07C9/00087 ,  G06K9/0002 ,  G06K19/0718 ,  G07C2009/00095

摘要： An electrostatic capacitance detection device, for detecting electrostatic capacitance that changes in accordance with a distance from a target object to read surface contours of the target object, can sense electrostatic capacitance highly accurately even with using thin-film semiconductor devices. The electrostatic capacitance detection device includes electrostatic capacitance detection elements arranged in M rows and N columns, a power supply line that supplies power to the electrostatic capacitance detection elements, an output line that outputs a signal from the electrostatic capacitance detection elements, M row lines that select the electrostatic capacitance detection elements disposed on a specific row, and N column lines that select the electrostatic capacitance detection elements disposed on a specific column. Further, the electrostatic capacitance detection elements each include a signal detection element, a row selection element, a column selection element, and a signal amplification element.

摘要翻译： 用于检测根据与目标物体的距离变化以读取目标物体的表面轮廓的静电电容的静电电容检测装置，即使使用薄膜半导体器件也能够高精度地感测静电电容。 静电电容检测装置包括以M行N列排列的静电电容检测元件，向静电电容检测元件供给电力的电源线，输出来自静电电容检测元件的信号的输出线，M行 选择设置在特定行上的静电电容检测元件，以及选择设置在特定列上的静电电容检测元件的N列线。 此外，静电电容检测元件各自包括信号检测元件，行选择元件，列选择元件和信号放大元件。

公开(公告)号：US20060097735A1

公开(公告)日：2006-05-11

申请号：US11213963

申请日：2005-08-30

申请人： Hiroaki Ebihara

发明人： Hiroaki Ebihara

IPC分类号： G01R27/26

CPC分类号： G06K9/0002 ,  G01D5/2405

摘要： An electrostatic capacitance detection device, includes: an electrostatic capacitance detection element arranged in a matrix form; a row line arranged in each row for selecting a relevant electrostatic capacitance detection element arranged in a relevant row; an output line arranged in each column for outputting a signal from a relevant electrostatic capacitance detection element arranged in a relevant column, wherein the each electrostatic capacitance detection element is provided with a row selection element that controls the outputting of the signal of the relevant electrostatic capacitance detection element to the relevant output line based on the signal from the relevant row, and the signal from the relevant electrostatic capacitance detection element, which is caused to be in a selection state based on the signal from the relevant row line, is outputted to the output line arranged in the relevant electrostatic capacitance detection element.

摘要翻译： 一种静电电容检测装置，包括：以矩阵形式布置的静电电容检测元件; 排列在每行中用于选择布置在相关行中的相关静电电容检测元件的行线; 布置在每列中的输出线，用于输出布置在相关列中的相关静电电容检测元件的信号，其中每个静电电容检测元件设置有行选择元件，其控制相关静电电容的信号的输出 基于来自相关行的信号的相关输出线的检测元件和来自相关静电电容检测元件的信号，其基于来自相关行线的信号被选择在选择状态，被输出到 布置在相关静电电容检测元件中的输出线。

公开(公告)号：US09237287B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-12

申请号：US13455415

申请日：2012-04-25

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Hiroaki Ebihara

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Hiroaki Ebihara

IPC分类号： H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H01L27/00 ,  H04N5/3745

CPC分类号： H04N5/37457 ,  H04N5/3742 ,  H04N5/37452 ,  H04N5/37455 ,  H04N5/3765 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/63

摘要： A solid-state imaging device including a photoelectric conversion portion, plural signal lines including a transfer signal line to which a transfer signal for reading signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion portion to a floating diffusion region is input, a driver circuit inputting desired signals into the plural signal lines, and a terminal circuit connected to a side opposite to a side of the transfer signal line where the driver circuit is connected and to which a control signal for securing the transfer signal line at a constant voltage is input before a desired signal of is input to the signal line adjacent to the transfer signal line.

摘要翻译： 一种固态成像装置，包括光电转换部分，包括传输信号线的多条信号线，向该浮动扩散区域输入用于读取在光电转换部分中累积的信号电荷的转移信号，将输入期望信号的驱动电路输入 多个信号线，以及连接到与驱动电路连接的传输信号线的一侧相对的一侧的端子电路，并且将用于将传输信号线固定在恒定电压的控制信号输入到期望信号 被输入到与传送信号线相邻的信号线。

公开(公告)号：US20120327282A1

公开(公告)日：2012-12-27

申请号：US13455415

申请日：2012-04-25

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Hiroaki Ebihara

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Hiroaki Ebihara

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/37457 ,  H04N5/3742 ,  H04N5/37452 ,  H04N5/37455 ,  H04N5/3765 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/63

摘要： A solid-state imaging device including a photoelectric conversion portion, plural signal lines including a transfer signal line to which a transfer signal for reading signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion portion to a floating diffusion region is input, a driver circuit inputting desired signals into the plural signal lines, and a terminal circuit connected to a side opposite to a side of the transfer signal line where the driver circuit is connected and to which a control signal for securing the transfer signal line at a constant voltage is input before a desired signal of is input to the signal line adjacent to the transfer signal line.

摘要翻译： 一种固态成像装置，包括光电转换部分，包括传输信号线的多条信号线，向该浮动扩散区域输入用于读取在光电转换部分中累积的信号电荷的转移信号，将输入期望信号的驱动电路输入 多个信号线，以及连接到与驱动电路连接的传输信号线的一侧相对的一侧的端子电路，并且将用于将传输信号线固定在恒定电压的控制信号输入到期望信号 被输入到与传送信号线相邻的信号线。

公开(公告)号：US08174598B2

公开(公告)日：2012-05-08

申请号：US12478040

申请日：2009-06-04

申请人： Hiroaki Ebihara

发明人： Hiroaki Ebihara

IPC分类号： H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/3532 ,  H04N5/353 ,  H04N5/37455 ,  H04N5/3765

摘要： A solid-state image capture device includes: a pixel section in which pixels are arranged in a matrix; control lines; a pixel drive section that performs control, through the control lines, an operation of the pixels so as to perform a shutter operation of the pixel section and so as to perform reading; a reading circuit that reads signals from the pixels; and a shutter-mode switching section that controls an operation of the pixel drive section in accordance with a rolling shutter system in which exposure is performed for each row or a global shutter system in which exposure is simultaneously performed on all the pixels. The pixel drive section includes a shutter-mode corresponding section that causes an impedance value from the control lines to a power supply in a global shutter operation to be greater than an impedance value in a rolling shutter operation.

摘要翻译： 固态图像捕获装置包括：像素部，其中像素以矩阵形式排列; 控制线 像素驱动部，其通过所述控制线进行所述像素的动作，以进行所述像素部的快门操作，并进行读取; 从像素读取信号的读取电路; 以及快门模式切换部分，其根据对其中所有像素同时执行曝光的每行或全局快门系统执行曝光的滚动快门系统来控制像素驱动部分的操作。 像素驱动部分包括快门模式对应部分，该快门模式对应部分使得在全局快门操作中从控制线到电源的阻抗值大于卷帘快门操作中的阻抗值。

公开(公告)号：US08223237B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-17

申请号：US12472457

申请日：2009-05-27

申请人： Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Hiroaki Ebihara

发明人： Yoshiharu Kudoh ,  Hiroaki Ebihara

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

CPC分类号： H04N5/37457 ,  H04N5/3742 ,  H04N5/37452 ,  H04N5/37455 ,  H04N5/3765 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/63

摘要： Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device including a photoelectric conversion portion photoelectrically converting incident light into signal charge and accumulate the signal charge, a plurality of signal lines including a transfer signal line to which a transfer signal for reading the signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion portion to a floating diffusion region is input, a driver circuit inputting a plurality of desired signals into the plurality of signal lines including the transfer signal line, and a terminal circuit connected to a side opposite to a side of the transfer signal line where the driver circuit is connected and to which a control signal for securing the transfer signal line at a constant voltage is input before a desired signal of the plurality of desired signals with respect to a signal line adjacent to the transfer signal line of the plurality of signal lines is input to the signal line adjacent to the transfer signal line.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种固态成像装置，其包括将入射光光电转换为信号电荷并累积信号电荷的光电转换部分，包括传输信号线的多条信号线，向该转移信号线读取累积在光电 输入到浮动扩散区域的驱动电路，将多个期望信号输入到包括传输信号线的多条信号线中的驱动电路，以及连接到与传送信号线侧相反的一侧的端子电路，其中， 驱动电路被连接，并且用于将传输信号线固定为恒定电压的控制信号在多个期望信号的期望信号之前相对于与多个信号线的传输信号线相邻的信号线被输入 被输入到与传送信号线相邻的信号线。

公开(公告)号：US20110102622A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-05

申请号：US12923541

申请日：2010-09-28

申请人： Hiroaki Ebihara

发明人： Hiroaki Ebihara

IPC分类号： H04N5/228 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/2353 ,  H04N5/3456 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/3532 ,  H04N5/3591 ,  H04N5/3745

摘要： A solid-state imaging element includes: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix form, each of the pixels converting an optical signal into an electric signal and storing the electric signal according to exposure time; a dummy pixel section having dummy pixels arranged in a matrix form; and pixel drive sections adapted to control the pixel operations in such a manner as to operate an electronic shutter on and read the pixel section and dummy pixel section, wherein when an electronic rolling shutter is operated in which the pixels are shuttered row by row, the pixel drive sections judge whether the current and next frames are shuttered concurrently and in parallel so as to determine in which horizontal read period the dummy pixel section is to be shuttered.

摘要翻译： 固态成像元件包括：具有以矩阵形式布置的多个像素的像素部分，每个像素将光信号转换为电信号并根据曝光时间存储电信号; 具有以矩阵形式布置的虚拟像素的虚拟像素部分; 以及像素驱动部分，其适于以这样的方式控制像素操作，以便操作电子快门并读取像素部分和虚拟像素部分，其中当电子滚动快门被操作以逐行关闭的电子滚动快门时， 像素驱动部分判断当前帧和下一帧是并行还是并行关闭，以便确定在哪个水平读取周期中虚拟像素部分被关闭。