公开(公告)号：US5818075A

公开(公告)日：1998-10-06

申请号：US697178

申请日：1996-08-20

申请人： Seiichi Kawamoto ,  Yasuhito Maki ,  Tadakuni Narabu ,  Masahide Hirama

发明人： Seiichi Kawamoto ,  Yasuhito Maki ,  Tadakuni Narabu ,  Masahide Hirama

IPC分类号： H01L29/423 ,  H01L29/768 ,  H01L27/148

CPC分类号： H01L29/42396 ,  H01L29/76816

摘要： A charge transfer device comprising charge transfer means for transferring charges, a floating diffusion layer for accumulating the charges transferred from said charge transfer means, a floating gate electrode formed on said floating diffusion layer via an insulating layer, charge detection means connected to the floating gate electrode for outputting a voltage corresponding to an amount of charges accumulated in the floating diffusion layer, first precharge means connected to the floating gate electrode, the first precharge means starting precharging of the floating gate electrode responsive to transition of a first pulse voltage from a first state to a second state, the first precharge means terminating precharging of the floating gate electrode responsive to transition of the first pulse voltage from the second state to the first state, second precharge means connected to the floating diffusion layer, the second precharge means starting precharging of the floating diffusion layer responsive to transition of a second pulse voltage from a third state to a fourth state, the second precharge means terminating precharging of the floating diffusion layer responsive to transition of the second pulse voltage from the fourth state to the third state, first pulse supply means for supplying the first pulse voltage to the first precharge means, and second pulse supply means for supplying the second pulse voltage to the second precharge means, transition of the second pulse voltage from the third state to the fourth state being produced following transition of the first pulse voltage from the first state to the second state. In a preferred embodiment, transition of the first pulse voltage from the second state to the first state is produced following transition of the second pulse voltage from the fourth state to the third state.

摘要翻译： 一种电荷转移装置，包括用于转移电荷的电荷转移装置，用于累积从所述电荷转移装置转移的电荷的浮动扩散层，经由绝缘层形成在所述浮动扩散层上的浮栅，电荷检测装置，连接到浮置栅极 电极，用于输出对应于在浮动扩散层中累积的电荷量的电压，第一预充电装置连接到浮动栅电极，第一预充电装置响应于来自第一个的第一脉冲电压的第一脉冲电压的转变而开始对浮栅的预充电 状态到第二状态，第一预充电装置响应于第一脉冲电压从第二状态转变到第一状态来终止浮栅的预充电，连接到浮动扩散层的第二预充电装置，第二预充电装置开始预充电 的浮动扩散层r 响应于第二脉冲电压从第四状态转换到第三状态，第二预充电装置响应于第二脉冲电压从第四状态转换到第三状态来终止浮动扩散层的预充电，第一脉冲供应装置 将第一脉冲电压提供给第一预充电装置;以及第二脉冲供给装置，用于将第二脉冲电压提供给第二预充电装置，第二脉冲电压从第三状态到第四状态的转变在第一脉冲转变之后产生 电压从第一状态到第二状态。 在优选实施例中，第二脉冲电压从第四状态转换到第三状态之后产生从第二状态到第一状态的第一脉冲电压的转变。

公开(公告)号：US5642162A

公开(公告)日：1997-06-24

申请号：US631928

申请日：1996-04-15

申请人： Yasuhito Maki ,  Maki Sato ,  Tadakuni Narabu ,  Tadao Takagi ,  Hiroyuki Iwasaki ,  Tetsuro Goto

发明人： Yasuhito Maki ,  Maki Sato ,  Tadakuni Narabu ,  Tadao Takagi ,  Hiroyuki Iwasaki ,  Tetsuro Goto

IPC分类号： H01L27/148 ,  H01L21/339 ,  H01L29/762 ,  H04N5/335 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/351 ,  H04N5/357 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/3728 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N3/14

CPC分类号： H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/3728

摘要： A charge transfer device includes a circuit which can correct a fluctuated amount of light (charge amount)--output voltage characteristic with accuracy even when fluctuated by the change of temperature and the fluctuation of a power supply voltage. An output voltage characteristic in the standard state corresponding to a reference charge is stored and held in a ROM in advance. An ALU (arithmetic logical unit) corrects the light (charge amount)--output voltage characteristic by using the output voltage characteristic in the standard state corresponding to the reference charge stored in the ROM and the output voltages corresponding to the reference charge inputs from reference charge input portions in an imaging state, and corrects an output voltage (Va) corresponding to a signal charge in a practical imaging state.

摘要翻译： 电荷转移装置包括可以通过温度变化和电源电压的波动波动而能够精确地校正波动量（充电量） - 输出电压特性的电路。 对应于参考电荷的标准状态的输出电压特性预先存储并保存在ROM中。 ALU（算术逻辑单元）通过使用与存储在ROM中的参考电荷相对应的标准状态下的输出电压特性和对应于参考电荷的参考电荷输入的输出电压来校正光（充电量） - 输出电压特性 输入部分，并且在实际成像状态下校正与信号电荷相对应的输出电压（Va）。

公开(公告)号：US5081346A

公开(公告)日：1992-01-14

申请号：US550511

申请日：1990-07-10

申请人： Tadakuni Narabu ,  Masahide Hirama ,  Yasuo Nakada

发明人： Tadakuni Narabu ,  Masahide Hirama ,  Yasuo Nakada

IPC分类号： H04N1/028 ,  H01L27/14 ,  H04N1/03 ,  H04N1/031 ,  H04N1/19 ,  H04N1/193

CPC分类号： H04N1/0312 ,  H04N1/03 ,  H04N1/0311 ,  H04N1/193 ,  H04N1/1934 ,  H04N1/1935 ,  H04N1/1936 ,  H04N1/1937

摘要： A solid state imaging device with a plurality of line sensors in which each line sensor receives the light through the divided light paths from a straight line of a document into each unit is disclosed. The divided light paths are obtained by bending each rod lens of the rodlenses array, providing concave or convex lenses or convex mirrors or by providing transparent plates at different angles. As a result of the dividing of light path the line sensors pick up linear image data without abutting each sensor in a straight line.

公开(公告)号：US08817121B2

公开(公告)日：2014-08-26

申请号：US12926182

申请日：2010-10-29

申请人： Tadakuni Narabu

发明人： Tadakuni Narabu

IPC分类号： H04N5/235

CPC分类号： G06T1/0007

摘要： An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor in which plural pixels having a photoelectric conversion function are arranged; a light guiding unit including plural optical system windows that guide light from an object to the respective pixels of the image sensor; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing based on imaging information of the image sensor, wherein the signal processing unit obtains distance information of the object based on the imaging information of the image sensor and generates an image in response to a distance of the object based on the distance information.

摘要翻译： 一种成像装置包括：其中布置有具有光电转换功能的多个像素的图像传感器; 导光单元，包括将来自物体的光引导到图像传感器的各个像素的多个光学系统窗口; 以及信号处理单元，其基于图像传感器的成像信息执行信号处理，其中信号处理单元基于图像传感器的成像信息获取对象的距离信息，并响应于对象的距离生成图像 基于距离信息。

公开(公告)号：US08264590B2

公开(公告)日：2012-09-11

申请号：US12781061

申请日：2010-05-17

申请人： Tadakuni Narabu

发明人： Tadakuni Narabu

IPC分类号： H04N5/225 ,  G02B13/16

CPC分类号： H04N5/2254 ,  H04N5/3415

摘要： An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a light guide mechanism, and a signal processing unit. The imaging device converts light incident on a photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device into electric signals. The light guide mechanism, arranged adjacent to the photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device, includes a plurality of apertures that guide light from a subject to the photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device. The signal processing unit performs desired signal processing on the electric signals output from the imaging device on the basis of subject information units derived from the light guided onto the photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device through the apertures.

摘要翻译： 成像装置包括成像装置，导光机构和信号处理单元。 成像装置将入射到成像装置的光电转换部分上的光转换成电信号。 与成像装置的光电转换部相邻配置的导光机构包括将来自被摄体的光引导到摄像装置的光电转换部的多个孔。 信号处理单元基于从通过孔径引导到成像装置的光电转换部分的光导出的对象信息单元，对从成像装置输出的电信号执行期望的信号处理。

公开(公告)号：US20060038909A1

公开(公告)日：2006-02-23

申请号：US11208377

申请日：2005-08-19

申请人： Tadakuni Narabu

发明人： Tadakuni Narabu

IPC分类号： H04N5/225

CPC分类号： H04N5/2254 ,  H04N5/217

摘要： Subject images are formed on the image surface of an imaging device through a number of holes formed in a light shielding part arranged opposite to the image surface of the imaging device. Electric signals produced from the subject images on the image surface by photoelectric conversion through the imaging device are subjected to signal processing by a signal processing circuit to correct the displacement between the subject images formed on the image surface through the holes.

公开(公告)号：US06310369B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-30

申请号：US08789519

申请日：1997-01-27

申请人： Tadakuni Narabu ,  Maki Sato ,  Yasuhito Maki

发明人： Tadakuni Narabu ,  Maki Sato ,  Yasuhito Maki

IPC分类号： H01L24148

CPC分类号： H01L29/76816 ,  G11C19/285

摘要： In a floating diffusion output type or a floating gate output type charge-to-voltage converter, the floating diffusion or the floating gate is coupled to one or more diffusion regions by means of one or more switch elements, and such elements are selectively turned on or off in such a manner that the the charge-to-voltage conversion factor is raised to obtain a great voltage amplitude when a small quantity of signal charge is input, or the conversion factor is lowered to obtain a small voltage amplitude when a large quantity of signal charge is input.

摘要翻译： 在浮动扩散输出型或浮置栅极输出型电荷 - 电压转换器中，浮动扩散或浮动栅极通过一个或多个开关元件耦合到一个或多个扩散区域，并且这些元件选择性地导通 或者使得当输入少量的信号电荷时提高电荷电压转换因子以获得大的电压幅度，或者当大量的转换因子降低以获得小的电压幅度时， 的信号电荷被输入。

公开(公告)号：US5973736A

公开(公告)日：1999-10-26

申请号：US640677

申请日：1996-05-01

申请人： Seiichi Kawamoto ,  Tadakuni Narabu

发明人： Seiichi Kawamoto ,  Tadakuni Narabu

IPC分类号： H04N1/48 ,  H04N5/217 ,  H04N5/359 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/369 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N9/04 ,  H04N3/14 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N5/361 ,  H04N1/486 ,  H04N5/3591 ,  H04N5/3692 ,  H04N5/37213 ,  H04N5/378 ,  H04N9/045 ,  H04N2209/049

摘要： The present invention is directed to a color linear sensor of a simple structure which can accurately measure a degree of a color mixture in a sensor section. In a color linear sensor having a dot-sequential sensor array (1), only one pixel of a predetermined color (R) in a reference pixel region (3) is allowed to receive an incident light. Then, a degree of color mixture is estimated by calculating a level difference between a signal output of this pixel and a signal output of a pixel of the same color as that of the former pixel in an effective pixel region (2). Also, the present invention is to provide a color linear sensor which can prevent sensors from being displaced from each other in position, simplify a configuration of an external circuit and which can prevent a color mixture from being caused by signal charges deteriorated after they are transferred by a transfer register. In a color linear sensor having a dot-sequential sensor array (1), read-out gates (22, 24) are formed as two-stage configuration for sequentially reading out signal charges from respective sensors (1R), (1G), (1B) of the dot-sequential sensor array (1) to a CCD register (23) at the unit of pixels, thereby to sequentially output signal charges of one line at every color in a line-sequential fashion.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种能够精确地测量传感器部分中的混色度的简单结构的彩色线性传感器。 在具有点序传感器阵列（1）的彩色线性传感器中，只允许参考像素区域（3）中的预定颜色（R）的一个像素接收入射光。 然后，通过计算该像素的信号输出和与有效像素区域（2）中的前一个像素的颜色相同的颜色的像素的信号输出之间的电平差来估计颜色混合度。 另外，本发明是提供一种可以防止传感器在位置上彼此移位的彩色线性传感器，简化了外部电路的结构，并且能够防止在传输之后的信号电荷恶化引起混色。 通过转移寄存器。 在具有点序传感器阵列（1）的彩色线性传感器中，读出门（22,24）形成为两级配置，用于从相应的传感器（1R），（1G），（1G）， 点阵传感器阵列（1）的图1B所示的像素单元以CCD单位存储到CCD寄存器（23），从而按行顺序顺序输出每行颜色的一行信号电荷。

公开(公告)号：US5539536A

公开(公告)日：1996-07-23

申请号：US33364

申请日：1993-03-18

申请人： Yasuhito Maki ,  Motoaki Abe ,  Tadakuni Narabu ,  Hideo Nomura

发明人： Yasuhito Maki ,  Motoaki Abe ,  Tadakuni Narabu ,  Hideo Nomura

IPC分类号： H04N1/028 ,  H04N5/341 ,  H04N5/361 ,  H04N5/372 ,  H04N5/376 ,  H04N5/335

CPC分类号： H04N3/1581

摘要： A linear sensor for sampling vertically opposed pixels of a plurality of vertically arranged sensor rows substantially at a time. A plurality of horizontal transfer registers and a plurality of shift gates are provided to oppose the plurality of sensor rows. A vertical transfer register is provided at one end of the plurality of horizontal transfer registers. In the vertical transfer register, the signal charges which have been transferred by the plurality of horizontal transfer registers are transferred sequentially in vertical direction. A charge/voltage converter unit is provided at the output of the vertical transfer register. The signal charges accumulated in the vertically opposed pixels are sequentially transferred to the charge/voltage converter unit in a repetitive manner.

摘要翻译： 一种线性传感器，用于基本上每次对多个垂直布置的传感器行的垂直相对的像素进行采样。 提供多个水平传送寄存器和多个移位门以与多个传感器行相对。 在多个水平传送寄存器的一端设置垂直传送寄存器。 在垂直传送寄存器中，由多个水平传送寄存器传送的信号电荷在垂直方向依次传送。 在垂直传输寄存器的输出端提供一个充电/电压转换器单元。 累积在垂直相对的像素中的信号电荷被重复地依次传送到电荷/电压转换器单元。

公开(公告)号：US5087843A

公开(公告)日：1992-02-11

申请号：US575381

申请日：1990-08-30

申请人： Tadakuni Narabu ,  Hisanori Miura

发明人： Tadakuni Narabu ,  Hisanori Miura

IPC分类号： G11C19/28 ,  G11C27/04 ,  H01L21/339 ,  H01L29/762

CPC分类号： G11C19/285 ,  G11C27/04

摘要： An input circuit for a charge-coupled device (CCD) delay line is comprised of a semiconductor substrate, a CCD delay line formed on the semiconductor substrate, first and second registers each having substantially the same maximum treating charge amount as that of the CCD delay line and formed on the semiconductor substrate, an input portion of the first register having substantially the same structure as that of the CCD delay line, output portions of the first and second registers having substantially the same structure each other, a control circuit for controlling the second register so that an output signal from the second register becomes a signal corresponding to the maximum treating charge amount, a comparing circuit for comparing output signals of the first and second registers, wherein an output signal of the comparing circuit is fed back to an input source of the input portion of the first register so that the output signal from the first register becomes equal to the output signal from the second register, a voltage of high level of a clock signal is supplied to an input gate of the first register and a voltage of the input source of the first register is supplied to an input source of an input portion of the CCD delay line. Thus, an overflow of charge can be avoided satisfactorily.