Patents by Inventor Hiroaki Ooki

Hiroaki Ooki has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Charge transfer device and a driving method thereof and a driving method for solid-state image sensing device
    Patent number: 8031251
    Abstract: A driving method for a solid-state image sensing device having a plurality of sensor portions being disposed two-dimensionally in a horizontal and a vertical directions, and a vertical charge transfer portion being disposed between said plurality of sensor portions and being provided with transfer electrodes of a plurality of systems disposed along its disposed direction, including the steps of; selectively applying high level driving pulses to the transfer electrodes of said plurality of systems in respective sectional periods in a vertical transfer period, and transferring the signal charges read out from said plurality of sensor portions in the vertical direction, wherein a sectional period in a vertical transfer period, in which the number of systems of the transfer electrodes to be applied with high level driving pulses becomes minimum is set longer than that of the other sectional periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ooki
  • CHARGE TRANSFER DEVICE AND A DRIVING METHOD THEREOF AND A DRIVING METHOD FOR SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20090027537
    Abstract: A driving method for a solid-state image sensing device having a plurality of sensor portions being disposed two-dimensionally in a horizontal and a vertical directions, and a vertical charge transfer portion being disposed between said plurality of sensor portions and being provided with transfer electrodes of a plurality of systems disposed along its disposed direction, including the steps of; selectively applying high level driving pulses to the transfer electrodes of said plurality of systems in respective sectional periods in a vertical transfer period, and transferring the signal charges read out from said plurality of sensor portions in the vertical direction, wherein a sectional period in a vertical transfer period, in which the number of systems of the transfer electrodes to be applied with high level driving pulses becomes minimum is set longer than that of the other sectional periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ooki
  • Charge transfer device and a driving method thereof and a driving method for solid-state image sensing device
    Patent number: 7430006
    Abstract: A driving method for a solid-state image sensing device having a plurality of sensor portions being disposed two-dimensionally in a horizontal and a vertical directions, and a vertical charge transfer portion being disposed between said plurality of sensor portions and being provided with transfer electrodes of a plurality of systems disposed along its disposed direction, including the steps of; selectively applying high level driving pulses to the transfer electrodes of said plurality of systems in respective sectional periods in a vertical transfer period, and transferring the signal charges read out from said plurality of sensor portions in the vertical direction, wherein a sectional period in a vertical transfer period, in which the number of systems of the transfer electrodes to be applied with high level driving pulses becomes minimum is set longer than that of the other sectional periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2008
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ooki
  • Charge transfer device and a driving method thereof and a driving method for solid-state image sensing device
    Publication number: 20060098109
    Abstract: A driving method for a solid-state image sensing device having a plurality of sensor portions being disposed two-dimensionally in a horizontal and a vertical directions, and a vertical charge transfer portion being disposed between said plurality of sensor portions and being provided with transfer electrodes of a plurality of systems disposed along its disposed direction, including the steps of; selectively applying high level driving pulses to the transfer electrodes of said plurality of systems in respective sectional periods in a vertical transfer period, and transferring the signal charges read out from said plurality of sensor portions in the vertical direction, wherein a sectional period in a vertical transfer period, in which the number of systems of the transfer electrodes to be applied with high level driving pulses becomes minimum is set longer than that of the other sectional periods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ooki
  • Charge transfer device and a driving method thereof and a driving method for solid-state image sensing device
    Patent number: 6980245
    Abstract: A driving method for a solid-state image sensing device having a plurality of sensor portions being disposed two-dimensionally in a horizontal and a vertical directions, and a vertical charge transfer portion being disposed between said plurality of sensor portions and being provided with transfer electrodes of a plurality of systems disposed along its disposed direction, including the steps of; selectively applying high level driving pulses to the transfer electrodes of said plurality of systems in respective sectional periods in a vertical transfer period, and transferring the signal charges read out from said plurality of sensor portions in the vertical direction, wherein a sectional period in a vertical transfer period, in which the number of systems of the transfer electrodes to be applied with high level driving pulses becomes minimum is set longer than that of the other sectional periods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Ooki