公开(公告)号：US07050099B2

公开(公告)日：2006-05-23

申请号：US10125082

申请日：2002-04-18

申请人： Kentaro Takakura ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Yasuhiro Morinaka ,  Kazuyuki Inokuma

发明人： Kentaro Takakura ,  Toshiya Fujii ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Yasuhiro Morinaka ,  Kazuyuki Inokuma

IPC分类号： H04N5/202

CPC分类号： H04N5/2176 ,  H04N5/3653 ,  H04N5/3728

摘要： Gray level data of boundary pixels that are adjacent to a block boundary in a photoelectric conversion section is stored. Then, a cumulative histogram regarding the number of pixels for different gray levels is produced based on the stored gray level data separately for each block, and a data table representing the correspondence between each gray level before correction and that after correction for the block to be corrected is produced so as to reduce the difference between the cumulative histograms. The data table is stored in a correction data RAM. By using the data table, the outputs of the block to be corrected are non-linearly corrected for different gray levels.

公开(公告)号：US07148926B2

公开(公告)日：2006-12-12

申请号：US10311672

申请日：2002-05-09

申请人： Yasuhiro Morinaka ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Akito Kidera ,  Toshiya Fujii

发明人： Yasuhiro Morinaka ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Akito Kidera ,  Toshiya Fujii

IPC分类号： H04N3/14

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

摘要： A color filter arrangement (11) is used, in which a plurality of filter units are each made of 2×2 arrangements of red (R), green (G), green (G) and blue (B) color elements. First, signal charges are added up for all pixels belonging to each of a plurality of pixel blocks made of quadratic arrangements of 3×3 of pixels, which are larger than the filter units (2×2 arrangement). Then, compressed color information for each of the pixel blocks is obtained from a result of the addition for each pixel block, taking the 2×2 arrangements of pixel blocks as large filter units.

摘要翻译： 使用滤色器装置（11），其中多个滤色器单元分别由红（R），绿（G），绿（G）和蓝（B）色元素的2×2布置构成。 首先，对于属于大于滤波器单元（2x2排列）的3×3像素的二次排列构成的多个像素块中的每一个像素块的所有像素，相加信号电荷。 然后，以每个像素块的加法结果，以像素块的2×2布置为大的滤波器单位，获得每个像素块的压缩颜色信息。

公开(公告)号：US06985182B1

公开(公告)日：2006-01-10

申请号：US09717758

申请日：2000-11-21

申请人： Yasuhiro Morinaka ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Takumi Yamaguchi ,  Sei Suzuki

发明人： Yasuhiro Morinaka ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Takumi Yamaguchi ,  Sei Suzuki

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H01L27/14806

摘要： In a solid-state imaging device, a plurality of vertical charge transfer paths is arranged at a horizontal pitch A within a photoelectric conversion region, and at a pitch B that is smaller than the pitch A in a portion where the signals are input into the horizontal charger transfer path. A read-out amplifier and a horizontal charge transfer path for receiving signals from vertical charge transfer paths are provided for each photoelectric conversion block into which the photoelectric conversion region has been partitioned. The read-out amplifiers have the same shape and their positional relation is one of parallel displacement in regions that are obtained by changing the pitch of the vertical charge transfer portions. Thus, a solid-state imaging device is achieved that is not so easily influenced by mask misalignments or skewed ion implantation angles, and in which signal read-out at high speeds is possible.

摘要翻译： 在固态成像装置中，在光电转换区域内以水平间距A布置多个垂直电荷传输路径，并且在信号被输入到该部分的部分中以比间距A小的间距B 水平充电器传输路径。 为光电转换区域分割成的每个光电转换块提供读出放大器和用于从垂直电荷传输路径接收信号的水平电荷传输路径。 读出放大器具有相同的形状，并且它们的位置关系是通过改变垂直电荷转移部分的间距而获得的区域中的平行位移之一。 因此，实现了不容易受到掩模未对准或偏斜离子注入角度的影响的固态成像装置，并且其中以高速度读出信号是可能的。

公开(公告)号：US06249314B1

公开(公告)日：2001-06-19

申请号：US09376788

申请日：1999-08-18

申请人： Yasutoshi Yamamoto ,  Masayuki Yoneyama ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Yuji Matsuda ,  Toshiya Fujii

发明人： Yasutoshi Yamamoto ,  Masayuki Yoneyama ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Yuji Matsuda ,  Toshiya Fujii

IPC分类号： H04N314

CPC分类号： H04N5/35581 ,  H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and a signal processing circuit. The solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of photoelectric converting sections provided with color filters having different spectroscopic characteristics, and each converting light incident thereon into a charge and accumulating the charge, and a plurality of vertical charge transfer sections for vertically transferring the charge read from each of the photoelectric converting sections. A plurality of reading operations to read the charges accumulated in the photoelectric converting sections to the plurality of the vertical charge transfer sections are performed within a time duration for scanning an image for one image plane, and the charges read from the photoelectric converting sections are transferred through the vertical charge transfer section separately for each of the reading operations. The signal processing circuit includes: a plurality of color separation circuits each for performing color separation of signals based on the charges read by the plurality of reading operations and transferred separately; and a synthesis circuit for synthesizing the signals sent by the color separation circuits and outputting the resultant signal.

摘要翻译： 固态成像装置包括固态成像装置和信号处理电路。 固态成像装置包括：多个光电转换部，设置有具有不同分光特性的滤色器，并且将入射到其中的光转换成电荷并积累电荷;以及多个垂直电荷转移部分，用于垂直转移电荷 从每个光电转换部分读取。 在用于扫描一个图像平面的图像的持续时间内执行读取在光电转换部分中累积的多个垂直电荷转移部分的电荷的多个读取操作，并且从光电转换部分读取的电荷被传送 分别通过垂直电荷转移部分进行读取操作。 信号处理电路包括：多个颜色分离电路，每个颜色分离电路基于通过多个读取操作读取的电荷分别进行信号的颜色分离; 以及合成电路，用于合成由分色电路发送的信号并输出​​所得到的信号。

公开(公告)号：US5966174A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-12

申请号：US779333

申请日：1997-01-06

申请人： Yasutoshi Yamamoto ,  Masayuki Yoneyama ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Yuji Matsuda ,  Toshiya Fujii

发明人： Yasutoshi Yamamoto ,  Masayuki Yoneyama ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Yuji Matsuda ,  Toshiya Fujii

IPC分类号： H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/347 ,  H04N5/355 ,  H04N5/359 ,  H04N5/365 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/376 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N9/07 ,  H04N9/64

CPC分类号： H04N5/35581 ,  H04N3/15 ,  H04N5/235 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/372

摘要： A solid-state imaging apparatus includes a solid-state imaging device and a signal processing circuit. The solid-state imaging device includes: a plurality of photoelectric converting sections provided with color filters having different spectroscopic characteristics, and each converting light incident thereon into a charge and accumulating the charge, and a plurality of vertical charge transfer sections for vertically transferring the charge read from each of the photoelectric converting sections. A plurality of reading operations to read the charges accumulated in the photoelectric converting sections to the plurality of the vertical charge transfer sections are performed within a time duration for scanning an image for one image plane, and the charges read from the photoelectric converting sections are transferred through the vertical charge transfer section separately for each of the reading operations. The signal processing circuit includes: a plurality of color separation circuits each for performing color separation of signals based on the charges read by the plurality of reading operations and transferred separately; and a synthesis circuit for synthesizing the signals sent by the color separation circuits and outputting the resultant signal.

摘要翻译： 固态成像装置包括固态成像装置和信号处理电路。 固态成像装置包括：多个光电转换部，设置有具有不同分光特性的滤色器，并且将入射到其中的光转换成电荷并积累电荷;以及多个垂直电荷转移部分，用于垂直转移电荷 从每个光电转换部分读取。 在用于扫描一个图像平面的图像的持续时间内执行读取在光电转换部分中累积的多个垂直电荷转移部分的电荷的多个读取操作，并且从光电转换部分读取的电荷被传送 分别通过垂直电荷转移部分进行读取操作。 信号处理电路包括：多个颜色分离电路，每个颜色分离电路基于通过多个读取操作读取的电荷分别进行信号的颜色分离; 以及合成电路，用于合成由分色电路发送的信号并输出​​所得到的信号。

公开(公告)号：US20110043670A1

公开(公告)日：2011-02-24

申请号：US12914273

申请日：2010-10-28

申请人： Takeo AZUMA ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Taro Imagawa

发明人： Takeo AZUMA ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Taro Imagawa

IPC分类号： H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H04N5/145 ,  H04N5/2355 ,  H04N5/35554 ,  H04N9/07

摘要： An imaging and processing device includes: an optical element; a single imager with a color filter array of a plurality of colors attached thereto for outputting a value according to an amount of light which has been guided by the optical element and transmitted through the color filter array, thereby enabling to obtain separate images of the plurality of colors for every frame time point; a first adder section for adding together values, associated with a first color of the plurality of colors, of different images obtained over a plurality of frame time points; a second adder section for adding together a plurality of values, associated with a second color of the plurality of colors other than the first color, of an image captured at a single frame time point; and an image restoring section for restoring an image including a plurality of colors at each frame time point from an image based on the first color which has been subjected to the addition by the first adder section, and an image based on the second color which has been subjected to the addition by the second adder section.

摘要翻译： 一种成像和处理装置，包括：光学元件; 具有附着于其上的多个颜色的滤色器阵列的单个成像器，用于根据由光学元件引导并透射通过滤色器阵列的光量输出值，从而能够获得多个颜色的分离图像 每个帧时间点的颜色; 第一加法器部分，用于将与多个颜色的第一颜色相关联的值与多个帧时间点获得的不同图像相加; 第二加法器部分，用于将与单个帧时间点捕获的图像中除了第一颜色之外的多种颜色的第二颜色相关联的多个值相加在一起; 以及图像恢复部分，用于基于已经经过第一加法器部分的相加的第一颜色的图像在每个帧时间点恢复包括多种颜色的图像，以及基于第二颜色的图像，其具有 被第二加法器部分加入。

公开(公告)号：US07340098B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-04

申请号：US11541508

申请日：2006-09-29

申请人： Hideto Motomura ,  Katsuhiro Kanamori ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi

发明人： Hideto Motomura ,  Katsuhiro Kanamori ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi

IPC分类号： G06K9/46

CPC分类号： G06K9/4661

摘要： An image feature analyzing section performs an image feature analysis with respect to an input image to output an image feature vector. A parameter output section stores a plurality of image feature vectors and a plurality of parameters corresponding to the respective image feature vectors and outputs an original parameter value corresponding to an image feature vector. A parameter operation setting section determines contents of an operation of an illumination equation parameter, depending on a prescribed image conversion. A parameter operating section operates the original parameter value in accordance with a prescription of the parameter operation setting section, to obtain a new parameter value. An image generating section generates an output image based on the new parameter value.

摘要翻译： 图像特征分析部分执行关于输入图像的图像特征分析以输出图像特征向量。 参数输出部存储与各图像特征矢量对应的多个图像特征矢量和多个参数，并输出与图像特征矢量对应的原始参数值。 参数运算设定部根据规定的图像变换来决定照度方程参数的动作的内容。 参数操作部根据参数运算设定部的处方来操作原参数值，得到新的参数值。 图像生成部基于新的参数值生成输出图像。

公开(公告)号：US20070229658A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-04

申请号：US11807716

申请日：2007-05-30

申请人： Katsuhiro Kanamori ,  Hideto Motomura ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi

发明人： Katsuhiro Kanamori ,  Hideto Motomura ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  H04N5/225

CPC分类号： H04N5/232 ,  G06T3/40 ,  H04N5/2628 ,  H04N7/0135

摘要： In a learning process, first, images having different resolutions are obtained from a target region of the subject (S101). Further, the subject characteristic of the target region is obtained (S102). Then, the resolution conversion rules are learned from the images having different resolutions, and those are recorded to a storage device along with the subject characteristics (S103). When converting the resolutions, the resolution conversion rules learned for the corresponding subject characteristics are applied to each region of the original image so as to convert the resolutions of the original image.

摘要翻译： 在学习处理中，首先，从对象的目标区域获得具有不同分辨率的图像（S101）。 此外，获得目标区域的对象特征（S102）。 然后，从具有不同分辨率的图像中学习分辨率转换规则，并将它们与主题特征一起记录到存储装置（S103）。 当转换分辨率时，将针对相应对象特征学习的分辨率转换规则应用于原始图像的每个区域，以便转换原始图像的分辨率。

公开(公告)号：US20070217682A1

公开(公告)日：2007-09-20

申请号：US11541508

申请日：2006-09-29

申请人： Hideto Motomura ,  Katsuhiro Kanamori ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi

发明人： Hideto Motomura ,  Katsuhiro Kanamori ,  Hiroyoshi Komobuchi

IPC分类号： G06K9/46

CPC分类号： G06K9/4661

摘要： An image feature analyzing section performs an image feature analysis with respect to an input image to output an image feature vector. A parameter output section stores a plurality of image feature vectors and a plurality of parameters corresponding to the respective image feature vectors and outputs an original parameter value corresponding to an image feature vector. A parameter operation setting section determines contents of an operation of an illumination equation parameter, depending on a prescribed image conversion. A parameter operating section operates the original parameter value in accordance with a prescription of the parameter operation setting section, to obtain a new parameter value. An image generating section generates an output image based on the new parameter value.

摘要翻译： 图像特征分析部分执行关于输入图像的图像特征分析以输出图像特征向量。 参数输出部存储与各图像特征矢量对应的多个图像特征矢量和多个参数，并输出与图像特征矢量对应的原始参数值。 参数运算设定部根据规定的图像变换来决定照度方程参数的动作的内容。 参数操作部根据参数运算设定部的处方来操作原参数值，得到新的参数值。 图像生成部基于新的参数值生成输出图像。

公开(公告)号：US06890834B2

公开(公告)日：2005-05-10

申请号：US10163691

申请日：2002-06-06

申请人： Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Minoru Kubo ,  Masahiko Hashimoto ,  Michio Okajima ,  Shinichi Yamamoto

发明人： Hiroyoshi Komobuchi ,  Minoru Kubo ,  Masahiko Hashimoto ,  Michio Okajima ,  Shinichi Yamamoto

IPC分类号： H01L25/00 ,  B81B7/00 ,  G01J5/10 ,  H01L23/10 ,  H01L27/146 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L21/30

CPC分类号： B81B7/0077 ,  G01J5/10 ,  H01L23/10 ,  H01L27/14609 ,  H01L27/14618 ,  H01L27/14649 ,  H01L27/14687 ,  H01L31/0203 ,  H01L2924/0002 ,  H01L2924/01079 ,  H01L2924/16235 ,  H01L2924/00

摘要： An Al film is formed on a cap wafer and the Al film is patterned into a ring-shaped film. Dry etching is performed by using the ring-shaped film as a mask to form a drum portion enclosing a recess portion to provide a vacuum dome. After forming a depth of cut into the substrate portion of the cap wafer, the cap wafer is placed on a main body wafer having an infrared area sensor formed thereon. Then, the ring-shaped film of the cap wafer and the ring-shaped film of the main body wafer are joined to each other by pressure bonding to form a ring-shaped joining portion.

摘要翻译： 在盖晶片上形成Al膜，将Al膜图案化成环状膜。 通过使用环形膜作为掩模进行干蚀刻以形成包围凹部的鼓部，以提供真空圆顶。 在盖片的基板部分形成切割深度之后，将盖片放置在其上形成有红外区域传感器的主体晶片上。 然后，将盖片的环状膜和主体晶片的环状膜通过压力接合而形成环状的接合部。