公开(公告)号：US4322740A

公开(公告)日：1982-03-30

申请号：US134285

申请日：1980-03-26

申请人： Iwao Takemoto ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Tsutomu Fujita ,  Kazuo Sato

发明人： Iwao Takemoto ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Tsutomu Fujita ,  Kazuo Sato

IPC分类号： H04N9/04 ,  H04N9/07

CPC分类号： H04N9/045

摘要： A solid-state color imaging camera comprises three solid-state image sensors each of which has a two-dimensional array of picture elements arranged with respective predetermined pitches in vertical and horizontal directions. The first, second and third image sensors are used for green, red and blue lights. The optical positioning of the first image sensor is shifted with respect to the second and third image sensors by the half of the picture element pitch in the vertical direction.

摘要翻译： 固态彩色成像照相机包括三个固态图像传感器，每个固态图像传感器具有在垂直和水平方向上以各个预定间距布置的图像元素的二维阵列。 第一，第二和第三图像传感器用于绿色，红色和蓝色光。 第一图像传感器的光学定位相对于第二和第三图像传感器在垂直方向上偏移了像素间距的一半。

公开(公告)号：US4543610A

公开(公告)日：1985-09-24

申请号：US518699

申请日：1983-07-29

申请人： Naoki Ozawa ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Iwao Takemoto ,  Shigeki Nishizawa ,  Masanori Sato ,  Satoshi Suzuki

发明人： Naoki Ozawa ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Iwao Takemoto ,  Shigeki Nishizawa ,  Masanori Sato ,  Satoshi Suzuki

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/359 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/21

CPC分类号： H04N5/2175

摘要： A solid-state imaging device comprises a number of photodiodes arrayed in horizontal rows and vertical columns, a first output circuit for sequentially reading out signal charges from those photodiodes which are arrayed on odd-numbered horizontal rows, a second output circuit for sequentially reading out signal charges from the photodiodes arrayed on the even-numbered horizontal rows, a synchronizing pulse generator for synchronizing operation of the first and second output circuits, a first subtracting circuit for determining the difference between the output signals of the first and second output circuits in odd-numbered field, and a second subtracting circuit for determining the difference between the output signals of the first and second output circuits in even-numbered field. The outputs of the first and second subtracting circuit are alternately extracted in synchronism with the synchronizing pulse produced by the synchronizing pulse generator. The solid-state imaging device is made immune to the smear phenomenon. The invention can be advantageously applied to the solid-state imaging device of CCD type as well as MOS type.

摘要翻译： 固态成像装置包括以水平行和垂直列排列的多个光电二极管，第一输出电路，用于顺序地从排列在奇数水平行上的那些光电二极管读出信号电荷;第二输出电路，用于依次读出 来自布置在偶数水平行上的光电二极管的信号电荷，用于同步第一和第二输出电路的操作的同步脉冲发生器，用于确定奇数的第一和第二输出电路的输出信号之间的差异的第一减法电路 以及用于确定偶数场中的第一和第二输出电路的输出信号之间的差的第二减法电路。 与同步脉冲发生器产生的同步脉冲同步地交替地提取第一和第二减法电路的输出。 使固态成像装置免受涂片现象的影响。 本发明可以有利地应用于CCD型的固态成像装置以及MOS型。

公开(公告)号：US4532549A

公开(公告)日：1985-07-30

申请号：US473865

申请日：1983-03-10

申请人： Toshifumi Ozaki ,  Shinya Ohba ,  Iwao Takemoto ,  Masaaki Nakai ,  Haruhisa Ando ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Takuya Imaide ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Toshiyuki Akiyama

发明人： Toshifumi Ozaki ,  Shinya Ohba ,  Iwao Takemoto ,  Masaaki Nakai ,  Haruhisa Ando ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Takuya Imaide ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Toshiyuki Akiyama

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/359 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N5/30

CPC分类号： H01L27/14643

摘要： Disclosed is a solid-state imaging device wherein optical information of a number of photo-electric conversion elements arranged in a matrix is read into vertical signal lines by a vertical shift register and then the optical information on the vertical signal lines is horizontally scanned by a horizontal register of a charge transfer device. Bias charge storage means and quasi-signal sweep-out drains are disposed between the horizontal register and the vertical signal lines, and a bias charge input means is arranged in the horizontal register. In order to ensure high efficiency in transferring signals between the vertical lines to the storage means, the sweep-out drains and the charge transfer device, it is arranged for bias charges to be provided at each stage of transfer. Thus, bias charges supplied from the storage means are used to transfer charges from the vertical lines to the storage means. Similarly bias charges directly injected from the quasi-signal sweep-out drains are used to sweep out quasi-signals from the storage means to the quasi-signal sweep-out drains. Finally bias charges supplied from the bias charge input means of the charge transfer device are used to read signals from the storage means into the charge transfer device. By virtue of this, the sweep-out efficiency of the quasi-signals from the capacitances which supply the bias charges and a read-out efficiency of the signal charges are enhanced and a high quality of video signal is produced.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种固态成像装置，其中以矩阵形式布置的多个光电转换元件的光学信息被垂直移位寄存器读入垂直信号线，然后垂直信号线上的光信息被水平扫描 电荷转移装置的水平寄存器。 偏置电荷存储装置和准信号扫除漏极设置在水平寄存器和垂直信号线之间，偏置电荷输入装置布置在水平寄存器中。 为了确保在垂直线之间向存储装置，扫除漏极和电荷转移装置传输信号的高效率，布置为在每个转移阶段提供偏置电荷。 因此，使用从存储装置提供的偏置电荷将电荷从垂直线传送到存储装置。 类似地，从准信号扫除漏极直接注入的偏置电荷用于将准信号从存储装置扫除到准信号扫除漏极。 最后，从电荷转移装置的偏置电荷输入装置提供的偏置电荷用于从存储装置读取信号到电荷转移装置中。 由此，来自提供偏置电荷的电容的准信号的扫除效率和信号电荷的读出效率被增强，并且产生高质量的视频信号。

公开(公告)号：US4277799A

公开(公告)日：1981-07-07

申请号：US923982

申请日：1978-07-12

申请人： Norio Koike ,  Iwao Takemoto ,  Masaharu Kubo ,  Kazuhiro Sato ,  Shusaku Nagahara

发明人： Norio Koike ,  Iwao Takemoto ,  Masaharu Kubo ,  Kazuhiro Sato ,  Shusaku Nagahara

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N9/07

CPC分类号： H01L27/14643 ,  H01L27/14645 ,  H04N3/1512 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： A color solid-state imaging device is provided with a plurality of signal output lines for reading out signals derived from photoelectric conversion elements which form picture elements for red, green, and blue lights arranged in, for example, a checkered pattern.

摘要翻译： 彩色固态成像装置设置有多条信号输出线，用于读出从形成例如格子图案的红色，绿色和蓝色光的图像元素的光电转换元件导出的信号。

公开(公告)号：US4467347A

公开(公告)日：1984-08-21

申请号：US346195

申请日：1982-02-05

申请人： Naoki Ozawa ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Masuo Umemoto ,  Kazuhiro Sato ,  Morishi Izumita ,  Toshiyuki Akiyama ,  Masanori Sato ,  Koji Kudo

发明人： Naoki Ozawa ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Masuo Umemoto ,  Kazuhiro Sato ,  Morishi Izumita ,  Toshiyuki Akiyama ,  Masanori Sato ,  Koji Kudo

IPC分类号： H04N9/07 ,  H04N9/04

CPC分类号： H04N9/04 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： The present invention relates to a color imaging device which suppresses false color signals appearing in an area where the difference of brightnesses is great in the horizontal or vertical direction.When the correlation between picture elements adjacent in the vertical direction is little and the false signal appears in a boundary part in the vertical direction, the false signal is detected, whereupon a color signal is demodulated by utilizing the correlation between the signals of picture elements in the horizontal direction. On the other hand, when the correlation between picture elements adjacent in the horizontal direction is little and the false signal appears in a boundary part in the horizontal direction, the false signal is detected, whereupon a color signal is demodulated by utilizing the correlation between the signals of picture elements in the vertical direction.As a result, the moire phenomenon attributed to the false color signals can be conspicuously reduced.While embodiments of the present invention refer to color imaging devices which employ MOS type solid-state imaging devices, the invention is also applicable to an imaging device which employs CCDs and a color image pickup tube which separates colors by means of a mosaic color filter.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种彩色成像装置，其抑制在水平或垂直方向上亮度差大的区域中出现的伪色信号。 当在垂直方向相邻的图像元素之间的相关性较小并且在垂直方向上的边界部分中出现假信号时，检测到伪信号，由此利用彩色信号中的图像元素的信号之间的相关性来解调彩色信号 水平方向。 另一方面，当在水平方向上相邻的图像元素之间的相关性较小并且在水平方向上出现边界部分的假信号时，检测到伪信号，从而通过利用 图像元素在垂直方向上的信号。 结果，归结于虚假颜色信号的莫尔色现象可以明显减少。 虽然本发明的实施例涉及使用MOS型固态成像装置的彩色成像装置，但是本发明也可应用于采用CCD的成像装置和通过马赛克滤色器分离颜色的彩色图像拾取管。

公开(公告)号：US4413284A

公开(公告)日：1983-11-01

申请号：US336322

申请日：1981-12-31

申请人： Morishi Izumita ,  Toshiyuki Akiyama ,  Kazuhiro Sato ,  Shusaku Nagahara

发明人： Morishi Izumita ,  Toshiyuki Akiyama ,  Kazuhiro Sato ,  Shusaku Nagahara

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N3/15 ,  H04N5/21 ,  H04N9/07

CPC分类号： H04N5/2173

摘要： This invention relates to a solid-state imaging apparatus wherein photo signals are read out through MOS type FETs from photosensors such as photodiodes arrayed in two dimensions in large numbers, and consists in remarkably enhancing the signal-to-noise ratio of an output signal by reducing or eliminating noise components to mix into the photo signals.The analysis of the noise components has revealed the correlation in which the noise component in a certain polarity develops in the opposite polarity again after a period that is shorter than one horizontal scanning period by the duration of one horizontal scanning pulse. With note taken of the correlation, a solid-state imaging apparatus comprising a processing circuit which includes a delay circuit and an adder circuit and which cancels the noise is provided.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种固态成像装置，其中通过MOS型FET从诸如二维排列的光电传感器中大量地读出光信号，并且其显着地增强了输出信号的信噪比 降低或消除噪声分量，以混合到照片信号中。 噪声分量的分析揭示了在一个水平扫描脉冲的持续时间之后，在比一个水平扫描周期短的周期之后，相反极性中的噪声分量发展的相关性。 考虑到相关性，提供了包括具有延迟电路和加法器电路并且消除噪声的处理电路的固态成像装置。

公开(公告)号：US4151552A

公开(公告)日：1979-04-24

申请号：US923193

申请日：1978-07-10

申请人： Kazuhiro Sato ,  Naoki Ozawa ,  Shusaku Nagahara

发明人： Kazuhiro Sato ,  Naoki Ozawa ,  Shusaku Nagahara

IPC分类号： H04N9/09 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N5/34

CPC分类号： H04N9/09

摘要： An image pickup apparatus provided with a circuit for taking the maximum one of the three signal currents out of three photoconductive pickup tubes and a circuit for obtaining the difference of the maximum signal current from a current proportional to one of the cathode currents of the three pickup tubes, wherein the voltages at the beam control electrodes of the three pickup tubes are controlled together by the voltage signal corresponding to the difference current so that the resolutions of the pickup tubes are improved and that the scanning beam control circuit is simplified.

摘要翻译： 一种图像拾取装置，其具有用于从三个光电导拾取管中获取三个信号电流中的最大一个的电路和用于从与三个拾取器中的一个阴极电流成比例的电流获得最大信号电流的差的电路 管，其中三个拾取管的光束控制电极处的电压通过对应于差电流的电压信号一起控制，使得拾取管的分辨率得到改善，并且扫描光束控制电路被简化。

公开(公告)号：US4677621A

公开(公告)日：1987-06-30

申请号：US697761

申请日：1985-02-04

申请人： Kazuhiro Sato ,  Masahiro Achiha ,  Shusaku Nagahara

发明人： Kazuhiro Sato ,  Masahiro Achiha ,  Shusaku Nagahara

IPC分类号： H04N5/907 ,  G11B20/10 ,  G06F11/10

CPC分类号： G11B20/10

摘要： An analog signal is stored in an analog memory device, while lower bits of a digital signal obtained by digitizing the analog signal is stored in a digital memory device. An analog signal reproduced from the analog memory device is corrected on the basis of a digital signal reproduced from the digital memory device. The corrected reproduced signal is stored in the memory device again, whereby a recursive storage system is constructed. A signal component degraded by noise in the analog storage is corrected with the digital signal, with the result that storage and reproduction of favorable signal-to-noise ratio are realized.

摘要翻译： 模拟信号存储在模拟存储器件中，而通过数字化模拟信号获得的数字信号的低位存储在数字存储器件中。 基于从数字存储装置再现的数字信号，校正从模拟存储装置再现的模拟信号。 校正后的再生信号再次存储在存储装置中，构成了递归存储系统。 由模拟存储器中的噪声劣化的信号分量用数字信号进行校正，从而实现有利的信噪比的存储和再现。

公开(公告)号：US4527200A

公开(公告)日：1985-07-02

申请号：US462764

申请日：1983-02-01

申请人： Kenji Takahashi ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Naoki Ozawa ,  Koji Kudo ,  Chikafusa Hirano

发明人： Kenji Takahashi ,  Shusaku Nagahara ,  Naoki Ozawa ,  Koji Kudo ,  Chikafusa Hirano

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/335

摘要： In a solid state imaging device in which two signals on two horizontal scanning lines are read out simultaneously for easy image enhancement, the two signals read from the two horizontal scanning lines are subtracted from each other while they are added together, and the difference signal is added to the sum signal so as to produce a video signal subject to the image enhancement. As a solid state image sensor, a MOS type image sensor as well as a CCD, CID or CC type image sensor may be used.

摘要翻译： 在固态成像装置中，两个水平扫描线上的两个信号被同时读出以便于图像增强，从两个水平扫描线读取的两个信号在它们相加在一起被相减时，差分信号是 加到和信号以产生受图像增强的视频信号。 作为固态图像传感器，可以使用MOS型图像传感器以及CCD，CID或CC型图像传感器。

公开(公告)号：US4484224A

公开(公告)日：1984-11-20

申请号：US374871

申请日：1982-05-04

申请人： Kazuhiro Sato ,  Nobuo Murata ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Shusaku Nagahara

发明人： Kazuhiro Sato ,  Nobuo Murata ,  Kenji Takahashi ,  Shusaku Nagahara

IPC分类号： H03K5/15 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/04

CPC分类号： H04N5/335

摘要： Disclosed is a solid state television camera with solid state image sensor for converting an optical image into electrical signals, which is comprised of a pulse generator for generating a train of pulses with a frequency equal to the horizontal scanning frequency of a television system, a frequency divider for frequency-dividing the pulse train into a signal with a frequency substantially equal to the vertical scanning frequency alternately in two modes of l/n and l/n+l (where n is a positive integer), and a selective circuitry for forming a train of pulses with a desired vertical scanning frequency on the basis of the pulse trains derived from the pulse generator and the frequency divider.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种具有用于将光学图像转换为电信号的固态图像传感器的固态电视摄像机，其包括用于产生频率等于电视系统的水平扫描频率的脉冲串的脉冲发生器，频率 分频器，用于以l / n和l / n + 1的两种模式（其中n为正整数）交替地将脉冲串分频成具有基本上等于垂直扫描频率的频率的信号，以及用于形成的选择电路 基于从脉冲发生器和分频器导出的脉冲串，具有期望的垂直扫描频率的脉冲串。