公开(公告)号：US4543489A

公开(公告)日：1985-09-24

申请号：US706254

申请日：1985-02-28

申请人： Nozomu Harada ,  Yukio Endo ,  Okio Yoshida ,  Yoshiyuki Matsunaga

发明人： Nozomu Harada ,  Yukio Endo ,  Okio Yoshida ,  Yoshiyuki Matsunaga

IPC分类号： H01L27/146 ,  H04N3/15 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H01J40/14

CPC分类号： H01L27/14667 ,  H01L27/14665 ,  H04N3/15 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： A solid state image sensor with a plurality of cells comprising a photoelectric converting film formed on a semiconductor substrate for photoelectrically converting incoming light rays to generate signal charge, signal charge storage areas for storing said signal charge formed in said substrate, signal charge read out areas for reading out said signal charge from said storage area, conductor electrodes for making said photoelectric converting film electrically contact with said signal charge storage areas to lead said signal charge from said photoelectric converting film to said storage areas, and series of said conductor electrodes arranged along at least two or more row lines in a matrix of said conductor electrodes being displayed in the row direction by 1/2 of the length of one electrode one from the other as viewed in the column direction.

摘要翻译： 一种具有多个单元的固态图像传感器，包括形成在半导体基板上的用于光电转换入射光线以产生信号电荷的光电转换膜，用于存储形成在所述基板中的所述信号电荷的信号电荷存储区域，信号电荷读出区域 用于从所述存储区域读出所述信号电荷，用于使所述光电转换膜与所述信号电荷存储区域电接触的导体电极将所述信号电荷从所述光电转换膜引导到所述存储区域，并且所述导体电极串联布置 所述导体电极的矩阵中的至少两条或更多条行线沿着列方向从行方向显示为一个电极的长度的1/2。

公开(公告)号：US4612581A

公开(公告)日：1986-09-16

申请号：US711022

申请日：1985-03-12

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/18 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/349 ,  H04N5/351 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/3725 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N9/07 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N3/1587

摘要： A CCD output signal reproduction apparatus is applied to a solid state image sensor that performs a swing-driven image pickup operation. This image sensor is synchronized with one frame period and swings periodically and relatively in relation to incident light to pickup the image while changing the sampling positions in the A and B field periods. The carrier generator produces first and second sinusoidal carrier signals which have the same frequency as that of the read out frequency of the image sensor. An amplitude modulator modulates the carrier signals in response to the waveforms of the image signals supplied from the image sensor. Accordingly, amplitude-modulated A, B field image signals, which are phase-shifted by half the pixel pitch of the pixel arrangement of the image sensor. A carrier clamp circuit forcibly clamps the different peak potentials of the carrier waveforms of the amplitude-modulated field image signals to the reference potential level. In this way, when the field image signal whose waveform has been shaped is synthesized on the reproduction screen, it is possible to obtain a one frame image which has a resolution twice that determined by the actual number of pixels.

摘要翻译： CCD输出信号再现装置被应用于执行摆动驱动图像拾取操作的固态图像传感器。 该图像传感器与一个帧周期同步，并相对于入射光周期性地相对摆动，以在改变A和B场周期中的采样位置的同时拾取图像。 载波发生器产生具有与图像传感器的读出频率相同频率的第一和第二正弦载波信号。 振幅调制器响应于从图像传感器提供的图像信号的波形来调制载波信号。 因此，幅度调制的A，B场图像信号被相移了图像传感器的像素排列的像素间距的一半。 载波钳位电路强制地将幅度调制的场图像信号的载波波形的不同峰值电压钳位到参考电位电平。 以这种方式，当在再现画面上合成波形已被整形的场图像信号时，可以获得具有由实际像素数确定的分辨率的两倍的一帧图像。

公开(公告)号：US4998164A

公开(公告)日：1991-03-05

申请号：US525318

申请日：1990-05-21

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N9/07 ,  H04N5/225 ,  H04N9/04

CPC分类号： H04N3/1587 ,  H04N5/2259 ,  H04N9/045

摘要： A color image sensing system includes a CCD image sensor with an optical color filter. A CCD driver is provided to electrically drive the image sensor, which is attached to a vibration table serving as a swing-driver for moving the image sensor along a horizontal direction such that each cell of the image sensor shifts, in a frame period including first and second field periods, between four different sampling positions substantially aligned in the horizontal direction. During each field period, each cell is positioned at two sampling positions, wherein a brightness signal component is produced at one sampling position and color signal components are produced at these sampling positions. The distance between two sampling positions at which the brightness signal components of the first and second field images are produced is set to be half the horizontal pitch of the cells of the image sensor. The remaining two sampling positions of the four sampling positions are apart from each other by one-and-half times the horizontal cell pitch. A color frame image is thus reproduced by electrically adding the first and second field images to increase the number of picture elements to more than the actual number of cells, thereby improving the horizontal image resolution of the frame image and minimizing the generation of color moire in the frame image. The swing-drive operation of the image sensor is repeated in synchronism with the frame period.

摘要翻译： 彩色图像感测系统包括具有光学滤色器的CCD图像传感器。 提供CCD驱动器以电驱动图像传感器，该图像传感器附接到用作摇摆驱动器的振动台，用于沿着水平方向移动图像传感器，使得图像传感器的每个单元在包括第一 和在水平方向上基本对准的四个不同采样位置之间的第二场周期。 在每个场周期期间，每个单元被定位在两个采样位置，其中在一个采样位置处产生亮度信号分量，并且在这些采样位置产生彩色信号分量。 产生第一和第二场图像的亮度信号分量的两个采样位置之间的距离被设置为图像传感器的单元的水平间距的一半。 四个采样位置的剩余两个采样位置彼此分开是水平单元间距的一倍半。 因此，通过电加法第一和第二场图像来再现彩色帧图像，以将图像元素的数量增加到实际的单元数量，从而改善帧图像的水平图像分辨率并最小化彩色波纹的产生 帧图像。 与帧周期同步地重复图像传感器的摆动驱动操作。

公开(公告)号：US4607287A

公开(公告)日：1986-08-19

申请号：US693152

申请日：1985-01-22

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Yoshitaka Egawa ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Yoshitaka Egawa ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/351 ,  H04N5/355 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N3/1587

摘要： A solid-state image sensing device, such as an interline-transfer type charge-coupled device (IT-CCD), produces signal carriers in response to incident light and generates an image pickup signal. One frame of the image signal is formed of two fields. The CCD chip is coupled to fixed bimorph piezoelectric vibrators by which it is given a wobbling-swing drive during image pickup. This wobbling-swing drive is controlled by a vibration controller. This vibration controller controls the vibration mode of the bimorph piezoelectric elements to apply a first vibration (swing vibration) to the CCD such that each pixel cell is displaced to a different sampling position in the plurality of field periods included in one frame period for image pickup, and applying a second vibration, i.e., a swing vibration with wobbling superposed, to the CCD such that each pixel cell is wobbled while picking up an image in each sampling position, which is positioned in each field period.

摘要翻译： 诸如行间传输型电荷耦合器件（IT-CCD）的固态图像感测器件响应于入射光产生信号载波并产生图像拾取信号。 图像信号的一帧由两个场组成。 CCD芯片耦合到固定的双压电晶片压电振动器，在图像拾取期间它被给予摆动摆动驱动。 摆动摆动驱动由振动控制器控制。 该振动控制器控制双压电晶片压电元件的振动模式，以向CCD提供第一振动（摆动振动），使得每个像素单元在包括在用于图像拾取的一个帧周期中的多个场周期中移位到不同的采样位置 并且将叠加的摆动振动的第二振动，即摆动振动叠加到CCD上，使得每个像素单元在拾取位于每个场周期的每个采样位置的图像时摇摆。

公开(公告)号：US4567525A

公开(公告)日：1986-01-28

申请号：US661050

申请日：1984-10-15

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/217 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/367 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/3725 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/2176

摘要： A solid-state image sensing device such as an interline-transfer type charge coupled device generates signal charges in response to incident light to produce an image signal. The CCD output signal includes a mixed reset pulse component from a reset pulse driver to the IT-CCD, as well as an image signal component corresponding to the signal charges. When the IT-CCD contains a defective picture element, position data of the defective picture element is stored into an address memory. An amplitude controller detects an increment of a signal level corresponding to a dark current generated at the defective picture element, and temporarily decreases the amplitude of the reset pulse only when the image signal is output from the defective picture element. In this way, the mixed reset pulse contained in the image signal output from the defective picture element is reduced, thereby subtracting the signal level increment from the CCD output signal produced from the defective picture element.

摘要翻译： 诸如行间转移型电荷耦合器件的固态图像感测装置响应于入射光产生信号电荷以产生图像信号。 CCD输出信号包括从复位脉冲驱动器到IT-CCD的混合复位脉冲分量，以及对应于信号电荷的图像信号分量。 当IT-CCD包含有缺陷的图像元素时，有缺陷的图像元素的位置数据被存储到地址存储器中。 振幅控制器检测与在缺陷像素产生的暗电流相对应的信号电平的增量，并且仅在从缺陷像素输出图像信号时暂时降低复位脉冲的幅度。 以这种方式，从缺陷像素输出的图像信号中包含的混合复位脉冲减少，从而从由缺陷像素产生的CCD输出信号减去信号电平增量。

公开(公告)号：US4367492A

公开(公告)日：1983-01-04

申请号：US212434

申请日：1980-12-03

申请人： Nozomu Harada ,  Akihiko Furukawa ,  Yukio Endo ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Nozomu Harada ,  Akihiko Furukawa ,  Yukio Endo ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N9/07 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N9/045 ,  H01L27/14825 ,  H01L27/14831 ,  H01L27/14868 ,  H04N3/155 ,  H04N3/1556

摘要： A plurality of photosensitive sections, each having two photosensitive rows, and a plurality of readout sections, each having two readout rows, are alternately distributed in the horizontal direction. The picture element signals of the photosensitive rows each adjacent to each of two readout rows are synthesized for each line. Pseudo-picture element signals are synthesized from the synthesized picture element signals, and the pseudo-picture element signals are used as the picture element signals corresponding to the readout sections.

摘要翻译： 具有两个感光行的多个感光部分和具有两个读出行的多个读出部分在水平方向上交替分布。 每行相邻的感光行的像素信号被合成为每行。 从合成的像素信号合成伪像素信号，将伪像素信号用作对应于读出部分的像素信号。

公开(公告)号：US4698686A

公开(公告)日：1987-10-06

申请号：US661683

申请日：1984-10-17

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/363 ,  H04N5/374 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/2173

摘要： A solid-state image sensor has an electrically floating carrier detecting electrode formed on a substrate, into which the signal carriers are transmitted, a sense amplifier circuit detecting the variation in a voltage of the electrode at the time of transferring the carriers, and a resetting electrode for resetting the potential of the electrode to a predetermined potential at every read-out period of the picture element section. A circuit arrangement for removing noise is provided to have two switches which switch to alternatively become conductive in response to control pulse signals. The first switch becomes conductive during a first period within one picture element period. During the first period the CCD output signal contains an effective image signal component. The second switch becomes conductive during a second period during which the CCD output signal contains a reset noise component, thereby forcibly fixing the level of the reset noise signal to a DC reference potential so that reset noise can be removed.

摘要翻译： 固态图像传感器具有形成在基板上的电浮动载波检测电极，信号载体被传输到其中;读出放大器电路，检测在传送载体时电极的电压变化，以及复位 电极，用于在像素部分的每个读出周期将电极的电位复位到预定电位。 提供了用于去除噪声的电路装置，以具有响应于控制脉冲信号切换成交替地导通的两个开关。 第一开关在一个像素周期内的第一周期期间变为导通。 在第一周期期间，CCD输出信号包含有效的图像信号分量。 第二开关在CCD输出信号包含复位噪声分量的第二周期期间变为导通，从而强制将复位噪声信号的电平固定为DC参考电位，从而可以去除复位噪声。

公开(公告)号：US4652928A

公开(公告)日：1987-03-24

申请号：US619375

申请日：1984-06-11

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/349 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N3/1587

摘要： A solid state image sensing system includes a CCD and a vibration table. The vibration table swing-drives the CCD in response to a drive signal generated by a drive pulse generator, in such a manner that the CCD is vibrated in a horizontal direction in one vibration cycle consisting of two succeeding frame periods each having A and B fields.

摘要翻译： 固体摄像系统包括CCD和振动台。 响应于由驱动脉冲发生器产生的驱动信号，振动台摆动驱动CCD，使得CCD在一个振动周期内在水平方向上振动，该振动周期由两个后续帧周期组成，每个后续帧周期各自具有A和B场 。

公开(公告)号：US4595954A

公开(公告)日：1986-06-17

申请号：US591491

申请日：1984-03-20

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Okio Yoshida

IPC分类号： H04N5/30 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/349 ,  H04N5/351 ,  H04N5/355 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N9/07 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N3/1587 ,  H04N5/30

摘要： In an image sensing system, a solid-state image sensor is mounted on a vibration stand in a manner as to vibrate horizontally to an incoming light in synchronization with one frame period, thereby sensing while alternatively displacing at different sampling positions in two field periods. Field image signals from the image sensor is supplied, through a signal processor, to a signal reproduction unit which includes a carrier generator for producing first and second carrier signals having the same frequency as the horizontal readout frequency of the image sensor and a phase in reverse to one other in the field periods, and an AM modulator for amplitude-modulating the carrier signal. The amplitude modulation field signals thus obtained are sliced at a suitable level by a slicer and then synthesized each other to obtain a frame image signal.

摘要翻译： 在图像感测系统中，固态图像传感器以与一帧周期同步地水平振动到入射光的方式安装在振动台上，从而在两个场周期中在不同采样位置交替移位时进行感测。 来自图像传感器的场图像信号通过信号处理器被提供给信号再现单元，该信号再现单元包括用于产生具有与图像传感器的水平读出频率相同频率的第一和第二载波信号的载波发生器和相反的相位 在场周期中彼此​​相关，并且用于幅度调制载波信号的AM调制器。 如此获得的幅度调制场信号由限幅器以适当的电平进行切片，然后彼此合成以获得帧图像信号。

公开(公告)号：US5446493A

公开(公告)日：1995-08-29

申请号：US207267

申请日：1994-03-09

申请人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Hidenori Shibata ,  Yoshiyuki Matsunaga

发明人： Yukio Endo ,  Nozomu Harada ,  Hidenori Shibata ,  Yoshiyuki Matsunaga

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N3/1531 ,  H01L27/14831

摘要： A solid state image sensor has a photosensing region formed on a substrate. The photosensing region has a plurality of photocells for receiving an incident image. The photosensing region is capable of changing image sampling modes by relatively shifting image sampling points for the incident image. In the photosensing region, a plurality of first transfer elements are formed and the first transfer elements receive the signal charges from adjoining photocells and transfer them out. Further, a temporary storage region is formed on the substrate having a plurality of second transfer elements therein for each of the first transfer elements. Each of the second transfer elements has a capacity to accommodate all of the signal charges of a corresponding first transfer elements which are read out from the photocells at the same time. A plurality of gate elements are respectively formed between each of the first transfer elements and their corresponding plurality of second transfer elements. Each gate elements changes transfer direction from one of the first transfer elements between at least two of the second transfer elements based on the sampling mode for the incident image. Third transfer elements are formed adjacent to the temporary storage region. The third transfer elements repeat a readout cycle of receiving the signal charges from a plurality of second transfer elements and then transferring them out.

摘要翻译： 固态图像传感器具有形成在基板上的感光区域。 感光区域具有用于接收入射图像的多个光电管。 光敏区域能够通过相对移动用于入射图像的图像采样点来改变图像采样模式。 在感光区域中，形成多个第一传送元件，并且第一传送元件接收来自相邻光电元件的信号电荷并将其传送出去。 此外，在其中具有用于每个第一转印元件的多个第二转印元件的基板上形成临时存储区域。 每个第二传送元件具有容纳同时从光电管读出的对应的第一传送元件的所有信号电荷的能力。 分别在每个第一传送元件和它们对应的多个第二传送元件之间形成多个栅极元件。 每个门元件基于入射图像的采样模式，在至少两个第二传送元件之间从第一传送元件之一改变传送方向。 在临时存储区域附近形成第三传送元件。 第三传送元件重复从多个第二传送元件接收信号电荷然后将其传送出去的读出周期。