Image capture device
    1.
    发明授权
    Image capture device 有权
    图像捕获设备

    公开(公告)号:US08208052B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-06-26

    申请号:US12865161

    申请日:2009-12-14

    摘要: A color representation technique to be effectively applicable to a pixel shifted arrangement to realize high sensitivity and high resolution is provided by using a dipersive prism or diffraction.A dispersive element is provided for an image sensor in which photosensitive cells are arranged to be shifted from each other by a half pitch both horizontally and vertically. The dispersive element makes at least G rays fall straight down to a pixel right under itself and also makes either R rays or B rays incident on an adjacent pixel. Meanwhile, a photosensitive cell, for which no dispersive element is provided, receives directly incident light, too. Color information can be obtained by making computations on photoelectrically converted signals provided by these pixels.

    摘要翻译: 通过使用汲取的棱镜或衍射来提供可有效地应用于像素偏移布置以实现高灵敏度和高分辨率的颜色表示技术。 为图像传感器提供色散元件,其中感光单元布置成水平和垂直地彼此偏移半个间距。 色散元素使至少G光线直接落在自身下方的像素之下,并且还使R射线或B射线入射到相邻像素上。 同时,没有设置色散元件的感光单元也直接接收入射光。 可以通过对由这些像素提供的光电转换信号进行计算来获得颜色信息。

    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE
    2.
    发明申请
    SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE 有权
    固态成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US20100188537A1

    公开(公告)日:2010-07-29

    申请号:US12671083

    申请日:2009-06-10

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335

    摘要: Light-splitting elements are arranged in at least two columns and two rows to form two pairs 1a, 1b and 1c, 1d. Each element splits incident light into light rays and makes them fall on a portion of a photosensing section right under itself and an adjacent photosensitive cell. The element 1a splits the incident light so that a primary color ray C1 and its complementary color ray C1′ enter an adjacent cell 2b and an underlying cell 2a, respectively. The element 1b makes a primary color ray C2 and its complementary color ray C2′ enter an underlying cell 2a and an adjacent cell 2a, respectively. The element 1c does the same as the element 1b. And the element 1d makes a primary color ray C3 and its complementary color ray C3′ enter an adjacent cell 2c and an underlying cell 2d, respectively. These photosensitive cells 2 perform photoelectric conversion, thereby outputting an electrical signal representing the intensity of the incident light. By carrying out simple calculations between the outputs of these cells, a color signal and a luminance signal are generated.

    摘要翻译: 光分离元件以至少两列和两列排列以形成两对1a,1b和1c,1d。 每个元件将入射光分成光线并使它们落在其本身正下方的光敏部分的一部分和相邻的感光单元上。 元件1a分割入射光,使得原色光线C1及其互补色光线C1'分别进入相邻的单元2b和下面的单元2a。 元件1b使原色光线C2和它的互补色射线C2'分别进入下面的单元2a和相邻单元2a。 元件1c与元件1b相同。 并且元件1d使原色光线C3和其互补色光线C3'分别进入相邻单元格2c和下面的单元格2d。 这些感光单元2进行光电转换,从而输出表示入射光强度的电信号。 通过在这些单元的输出之间进行简单的计算,生成彩色信号和亮度信号。

    Solid-state imaging device including arrays of optical elements and photosensitive cells
    3.
    发明授权
    Solid-state imaging device including arrays of optical elements and photosensitive cells 有权
    固态成像装置包括光学元件阵列和感光细胞

    公开(公告)号:US08384818B2

    公开(公告)日:2013-02-26

    申请号:US12671083

    申请日:2009-06-10

    摘要: Light-splitting elements are arranged in at least two columns and two rows to form two pairs 1a, 1b and 1c, 1d. Each element splits incident light into light rays and makes them fall on a portion of a photosensing section right under itself and an adjacent photosensitive cell. The element 1a splits the incident light so that a primary color ray C1 and its complementary color ray C1′ enter an adjacent cell 2b and an underlying cell 2a, respectively. The element 1b makes a primary color ray C2 and its complementary color ray C2′ enter an underlying cell 2a and an adjacent cell 2a, respectively. The element 1c does the same as the element 1b. And the element 1d makes a primary color ray C3 and its complementary color ray C3′ enter an adjacent cell 2c and an underlying cell 2d, respectively. These photosensitive cells 2 perform photoelectric conversion, thereby outputting an electrical signal representing the intensity of the incident light. By carrying out simple calculations between the outputs of these cells, a color signal and a luminance signal are generated.

    摘要翻译: 光分离元件以至少两列和两列排列以形成两对1a,1b和1c,1d。 每个元件将入射光分成光线并使它们落在其本身正下方的光敏部分的一部分和相邻的感光单元上。 元件1a分割入射光,使得原色光线C1及其互补色光线C1'分别进入相邻的单元2b和下面的单元2a。 元件1b使原色光线C2和它的互补色射线C2'分别进入下面的单元2a和相邻单元2a。 元件1c与元件1b相同。 并且元件1d使原色光线C3和其互补色光线C3'分别进入相邻单元格2c和下面的单元格2d。 这些感光单元2进行光电转换,从而输出表示入射光强度的电信号。 通过在这些单元的输出之间进行简单的计算,生成彩色信号和亮度信号。

    Imaging device
    4.
    发明授权
    Imaging device 有权
    成像设备

    公开(公告)号:US08314872B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-11-20

    申请号:US12812804

    申请日:2009-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335

    摘要: A mirror 1a transmits a cyan (Cy) ray and reflects an R ray, and a mirror 1d transmits a yellow (Ye) ray and reflects a B ray. The mirrors 1a and 1d are arranged inside a light-transmitting member 3 and are also tilted so that the light reflected from each of them is further reflected from the interface between the light-transmitting member 3 and the air and then incident on an adjacent photosensitive cell. Photosensitive cells 2a and 2d receive the light rays that have been transmitted through the mirrors 1a and 1d, respectively. No mirrors are arranged over photosensitive cells 2b and 2c. The photosensitive cell 2b receives directly incident light and the light ray reflected from the mirror 1a. The photosensitive cell 2c receives the directly incident light and the light ray reflected from the mirror 1d. Color information is obtained by making computations on the output signals of the respective photosensitive cells.

    摘要翻译: 反射镜1a透射青色(Cy)射线并反射R射线,反射镜1d透射黄色(Ye)射线并反射B射线。 镜1a,1d配置在透光构件3的内部并且也被倾斜,使得从其中反射的光从透光构件3和空气之间的界面进一步反射,然后入射到相邻的感光体 细胞。 感光单元2a和2d分别接收已经透过反射镜1a和1d的光线。 光敏单元2b和2c上没有配置镜子。 感光单元2b直接接收入射光和从反射镜1a反射的光线。 感光单元2c接收直接入射的光和从反射镜1d反射的光线。 通过对各个感光单元的输出信号进行计算来获得彩色信息。

    Image capture device
    5.
    发明授权
    Image capture device 有权
    图像捕获设备

    公开(公告)号:US08289422B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-16

    申请号:US12919520

    申请日:2010-01-05

    IPC分类号: H04N5/335

    摘要: The solid state image sensor of this invention includes multiple units, each of which includes first and second photosensitive cells 2a, 2b and a dispersive element 1a facing the first cell 2a. The element 1a passes a part of incoming light with a first color component to the second cell 2b. The first cell 2a receives a smaller quantity of light with the first color component than that of the light with the first color component incident on the dispersive element. The second cell 2b receives a greater quantity of light with the first color component than that of the light with the first color component incident on the dispersive element. The quantity of that part of the incoming light with the first color component is calculated based on the difference between photoelectrically converted signals supplied from the first and second cells 2a and 2b and information representing the ratio of the quantity of the light with the first color component received by the second cell to that of the part of the incoming light with the first color component.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的固态图像传感器包括多个单元,每个单元包括第一和第二感光单元2a,2b和面向第一单元2a的分散元件1a。 元件1a将具有第一颜色分量的入射光的一部分传递到第二单元2b。 第一单元2a接收具有第一颜色分量的较少量的光,其具有入射在分散元件上的第一颜色分量的光。 第二单元2b接收具有第一颜色分量的光量比具有入射到分散元件上的第一颜色分量的光的更大量的光。 基于从第一和第二单元2a和2b提供的光电转换信号之间的差值和表示光量与第一颜色分量的比率的信息计算具有第一颜色分量的入射光的该部分的量 由第二单元接收到具有第一颜色分量的入射光的一部分。

    IMAGING DEVICE
    6.
    发明申请
    IMAGING DEVICE 有权
    成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US20110050941A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-03-03

    申请号:US12812804

    申请日:2009-11-16

    IPC分类号: H04N5/228 H04N5/335

    摘要: A mirror 1a transmits a cyan (Cy) ray and reflects an R ray, and a mirror 1d transmits a yellow (Ye) ray and reflects a B ray. The mirrors 1a and 1d are arranged inside a light-transmitting member 3 and are also tilted so that the light reflected from each of them is further reflected from the interface between the light-transmitting member 3 and the air and then incident on an adjacent photosensitive cell. Photosensitive cells 2a and 2d receive the light rays that have been transmitted through the mirrors 1a and 1d, respectively. No mirrors are arranged over photosensitive cells 2b and 2c. The photosensitive cell 2b receives directly incident light and the light ray reflected from the mirror 1a. The photosensitive cell 2c receives the directly incident light and the light ray reflected from the mirror 1d. Color information is obtained by making computations on the output signals of the respective photosensitive cells.

    摘要翻译: 反射镜1a透射青色(Cy)射线并反射R射线,反射镜1d透射黄色(Ye)射线并反射B射线。 镜1a,1d配置在透光构件3的内部并且也被倾斜,使得从其中反射的光从透光构件3和空气之间的界面进一步反射,然后入射到相邻的感光体 细胞。 感光单元2a和2d分别接收已经透过反射镜1a和1d的光线。 光敏单元2b和2c上没有配置镜子。 感光单元2b直接接收入射光和从反射镜1a反射的光线。 感光单元2c接收直接入射的光和从反射镜1d反射的光线。 通过对各个感光单元的输出信号进行计算来获得彩色信息。

    IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
    7.
    发明申请
    IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE 有权
    图像捕获设备

    公开(公告)号:US20110037869A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-02-17

    申请号:US12865161

    申请日:2009-12-14

    IPC分类号: H04N5/228 H04N5/335

    摘要: A color representation technique to be effectively applicable to a pixel shifted arrangement to realize high sensitivity and high resolution is provided by using a dipersive prism or diffraction.A dispersive element is provided for an image sensor in which photosensitive cells are arranged to be shifted from each other by a half pitch both horizontally and vertically. The dispersive element makes at least G rays fall straight down to a pixel right under itself and also makes either R rays or B rays incident on an adjacent pixel. Meanwhile, a photosensitive cell, for which no dispersive element is provided, receives directly incident light, too. Color information can be obtained by making computations on photoelectrically converted signals provided by these pixels.

    摘要翻译: 通过使用汲取的棱镜或衍射来提供可有效地应用于像素偏移布置以实现高灵敏度和高分辨率的颜色表示技术。 为图像传感器提供色散元件,其中感光单元布置成水平和垂直地彼此偏移半个间距。 色散元素使至少G光线直接落在自身下方的像素之下,并且还使R射线或B射线入射到相邻像素上。 同时,没有设置色散元件的感光单元也直接接收入射光。 可以通过对由这些像素提供的光电转换信号进行计算来获得颜色信息。

    IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
    8.
    发明申请
    IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE 有权
    图像捕获设备

    公开(公告)号:US20110007179A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-01-13

    申请号:US12919520

    申请日:2010-01-05

    IPC分类号: H04N5/225 H04N5/335

    摘要: The solid state image sensor of this invention includes multiple units, each of which includes first and second photosensitive cells 2a, 2b and a dispersive element 1a facing the first cell 2a. The element 1a passes a part of incoming light with a first color component to the second cell 2b. The first cell 2a receives a smaller quantity of light with the first color component than that of the light with the first color component incident on the dispersive element. The second cell 2b receives a greater quantity of light with the first color component than that of the light with the first color component incident on the dispersive element. The quantity of that part of the incoming light with the first color component is calculated based on the difference between photoelectrically converted signals supplied from the first and second cells 2a and 2b and information representing the ratio of the quantity of the light with the first color component received by the second cell to that of the part of the incoming light with the first color component.

    摘要翻译: 本发明的固态图像传感器包括多个单元,每个单元包括第一和第二感光单元2a,2b和面向第一单元2a的分散元件1a。 元件1a将具有第一颜色分量的入射光的一部分传递到第二单元2b。 第一单元2a接收具有第一颜色分量的较少量的光,其具有入射在分散元件上的第一颜色分量的光。 第二单元2b接收具有第一颜色分量的光量比具有入射到分散元件上的第一颜色分量的光的更大量的光。 基于从第一和第二单元2a和2b提供的光电转换信号之间的差值和表示光量与第一颜色分量的比率的信息计算具有第一颜色分量的入射光的该部分的量 由第二单元接收到具有第一颜色分量的入射光的一部分。

    IMAGING PHOTODETECTION DEVICE
    9.
    发明申请
    IMAGING PHOTODETECTION DEVICE 有权
    成像光电设备

    公开(公告)号:US20110192962A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-08-11

    申请号:US12675016

    申请日:2009-07-24

    IPC分类号: H01L27/14

    摘要: An imaging photodetection device (4) includes: a plurality of photodetectors (6) that are arrayed on a substrate (5) at least along a first direction; a transparent low refractive index layer (12) that is formed above the plurality of photodetectors; and a plurality of transparent high refractive index sections (13) that are embedded in the transparent low refractive index layer along the first direction. On a cross-section of the transparent high refractive index sections orthogonal to the substrate and along the first direction, central axes (14) of the transparent high refractive index sections are bent stepwise. Light that enters the transparent low refractive index layer and the transparent high refractive index section passes therethrough to be separated into 0th-order diffracted light, 1st-order diffracted light, and −1st-order diffracted light. Thereby, improvement in the efficiency of light utilization and pixel densification can be realized.

    摘要翻译: 成像光电检测装置(4)包括:至少沿着第一方向排列在基板(5)上的多个光电探测器(6) 形成在多个光电探测器上方的透明低折射率层(12); 以及沿着第一方向嵌入在透明低折射率层中的多个透明高折射率部分(13)。 在与基板正交并沿着第一方向的透明高折射率部分的横截面上,透明高折射率部分的中心轴线(14)被逐步弯曲。 进入透明低折射率层和透明高折射率部分的光通过其分离成0级衍射光,1级衍射光和-1级衍射光。 从而可以实现光利用效率和像素致密化的提高。

    Imaging device with columnar or plate-like transparent refractive index layers
    10.
    发明授权
    Imaging device with columnar or plate-like transparent refractive index layers 有权
    具有柱状或板状透明折射率层的成像装置

    公开(公告)号:US08294076B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-23

    申请号:US12675016

    申请日:2009-07-24

    IPC分类号: H01L27/00 H01J5/02

    摘要: An imaging photodetection device (4) includes: a plurality of photodetectors (6) that are arrayed on a substrate (5) at least along a first direction; a transparent low refractive index layer (12) that is formed above the plurality of photodetectors; and a plurality of transparent high refractive index sections (13) that are embedded in the transparent low refractive index layer along the first direction. On a cross-section of the transparent high refractive index sections orthogonal to the substrate and along the first direction, central axes (14) of the transparent high refractive index sections are bent stepwise. Light that enters the transparent low refractive index layer and the transparent high refractive index section passes therethrough to be separated into 0th-order diffracted light, 1st-order diffracted light, and −1st-order diffracted light. Thereby, improvement in the efficiency of light utilization and pixel densification can be realized.

    摘要翻译: 成像光电检测装置(4)包括:至少沿着第一方向排列在基板(5)上的多个光电探测器(6) 形成在多个光电探测器上方的透明低折射率层(12); 以及沿着第一方向嵌入在透明低折射率层中的多个透明高折射率部分(13)。 在与基板正交并沿着第一方向的透明高折射率部分的横截面上,透明高折射率部分的中心轴线(14)被逐步弯曲。 进入透明低折射率层和透明高折射率部分的光通过其分离成0级衍射光,1级衍射光和-1级衍射光。 从而可以实现光利用效率和像素致密化的提高。