Signal processing circuit and signal processing method

    公开(公告)号:US11606514B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-14

    申请号:US17141548

    申请日:2021-01-05

    IPC分类号: H04N5/32 B60R16/023 H03M1/06

    摘要: A signal processing circuit includes a detection unit configured to detect generation of a peak in an analog signal based on an input of a photon, an A/D conversion unit configured to perform A/D conversion of a signal value into digital data of bits by determining a value of each of the bits from an upper bit to a lower bit, and a control unit configured to control the A/D conversion unit so that, in a case in which the generation of a second peak of the analog signal is detected during the A/D conversion of a signal value of a first peak of the analog signal, the A/D conversion of the signal value of the first peak will be interrupted and the A/D conversion of a signal value of the second peak will be started.

    Binning pixels
    2.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11445129B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US16979144

    申请日:2018-05-25

    摘要: A low leakage binned pixel is provided. The pixel comprises a photodiode, a bin transistor and an output amplifier circuit. The photodiode has an anode and a cathode, the anode to collect electrons generated by light or by other form of ionising radiation, e.g. electrons. The bin transistor has a first terminal coupled to the cathode of the photodiode; a second terminal, configured to be coupled to a first terminal of a voltage reset switch (VRST) transistor; and a gate, configured to be coupled to a controller to receive a bin signal. The output amplifier circuit has an input and an output, wherein the input is coupled to the cathode of the photodiode and to the second terminal of the bin transistor. A multi-pixel binned circuit, an image sensor and a camera are also provided.

    Radiation counting device and method of controlling radiation counting device

    公开(公告)号:US11415711B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-16

    申请号:US16713516

    申请日:2019-12-13

    摘要: A radiation counting device is provided that includes a scintillator, a pixel circuit, and an analog-to-digital conversion circuit. In the radiation counting device, the scintillator generates a photon when radiation is incident. In the radiation counting device, the pixel circuit converts the photon into charge, stores the charge over a predetermined period, and generates an analog voltage in accordance with the amount of stored charge. In the radiation counting device, the analog-to-digital conversion circuit converts the analog voltage into a digital signal in a predetermined quantization unit less than the analog voltage generated from the one photon.

    ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR AND FLAT PANEL DETECTOR

    公开(公告)号:US20220229194A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-07-21

    申请号:US17488259

    申请日:2021-09-28

    摘要: The present disclosure provides an active pixel sensor and a flat panel detector. The active pixel sensor includes: a light sensing device configured to convert light sensed by the light sensing device into charges and supply the charges to a floating diffusion node; an amplification sub-circuit configured to amplify a signal according to a potential at the floating diffusion node and output the amplified signal through the output terminal; an adjustment sub-circuit configured to adjust, in response to a first control signal, a conversion gain from an amount of the light sensed by the light sensing device to the potential at the floating diffusion node; and a read sub-circuit configured to transmit a voltage of the input terminal of the read sub-circuit to the output terminal of the read sub-circuit according to a scan signal provided by the scan line.

    Parametric top-view representation of scenes

    公开(公告)号:US11373067B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16526073

    申请日:2019-07-30

    摘要: A method for implementing parametric models for scene representation to improve autonomous task performance includes generating an initial map of a scene based on at least one image corresponding to a perspective view of the scene, the initial map including a non-parametric top-view representation of the scene, implementing a parametric model to obtain a scene element representation based on the initial map, the scene element representation providing a description of one or more scene elements of the scene and corresponding to an estimated semantic layout of the scene, identifying one or more predicted locations of the one or more scene elements by performing three-dimensional localization based on the at least one image, and obtaining an overlay for performing an autonomous task by placing the one or more scene elements with the one or more respective predicted locations onto the scene element representation.

    APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS

    公开(公告)号:US20220174227A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-02

    申请号:US17535150

    申请日:2021-11-24

    IPC分类号: H04N5/32 G01T1/20

    摘要: In a period between an operation for acquiring signals for an image via an amplification unit and an operation for acquiring offset signals for correcting the image via the amplification unit, a current supply capability of the amplification unit is made equal to a current supply capability in a period immediately before the image is acquired, thereby the potential state of a signal line when the signals for the image are acquired and the potential state when the offset signals for correcting the image are acquired are matched, and an artifact when the correction is made is reduced.

    X-Ray Imaging Apparatus
    9.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220166942A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-26

    申请号:US17436866

    申请日:2019-03-14

    IPC分类号: H04N5/32 G06T5/50

    摘要: In an X-ray imaging apparatus (100), an image processor (5b) is configured to apply a super-resolution process to a first region (A1) in each of acquired images (Ia), the first region including a subject (S), and to increase a number of pixels according to an increase in resolution in the first region by application of the super-resolution process thereto by a simpler process than the super-resolution process with respect to a second region (A2) other than the first region in each of the acquired images.

    REDUCTION OF IMAGE LAG IN AN X-RAY DETECTOR PANEL

    公开(公告)号:US20220159198A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-19

    申请号:US17590804

    申请日:2022-02-01

    摘要: A radiation therapy system is configured with fast readout of X-ray images with significantly reduced image lag. A reset phase is included in the process of acquiring an X-ray image to reduce image lag in a subsequently acquired X-ray image. During the reset phase, residual charge is concurrently transferred from multiple arrays of pixel detector elements in an X-ray detector panel. As a result, image lag present in a subsequent X-ray image is minimized or otherwise reduced.