Patents by Inventor Taishin Yoshida

Taishin Yoshida 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).

  • Patent number: 11770639
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing method therefor, and an electronic apparatus enabling sensitivity correction in which a sensitivity difference between solid-state imaging devices is suppressed. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which one microlens is formed for a plurality of pixels in a manner such that a boundary of the microlens coincides with boundaries of the pixels. The correction circuit corrects a sensitivity difference between the pixels inside the pixel unit based on a correction coefficient. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a solid-state imaging device and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji Sakioka, Masayuki Tachi, Hisashi Nishimaki, Taishin Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20230283926
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
  • Patent number: 11743603
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device adapted to encrypt data is described. The solid-state imaging device may include a sensor die comprising an array of imaging pixels formed on a first side of the sensor die and first wiring layers formed on a second side of the sensor die, wherein at least one of the imaging pixels is configured to generate specific signals; a logic die comprising second wiring layers formed on a first side of the logic die; and an encryption processor on the logic die configured to generate encrypted data using the specific signals. The first side of the logic die may be mounted adjacent to the second side of the sensor die and the first wiring layers electrically connect to the second wiring layers, wherein the at least one of the imaging pixels, the encryption processor, and a connecting conductor in which the specific signals pass through from the at least one of the imaging pixels to the encryption processor are located interior to the solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Minagawa, Taishin Yoshida, Marie Toyoshima, Toru Akishita, Tomohiro Morimoto, Masafumi Kusakawa, Ikuhiro Tamura, Takahiro Akahane, Eiji Hirata, Yoshinobu Furusawa
  • Patent number: 11696053
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Yosuke Ueno, Shimon Teshima, Daijiro Anai, Yoshinobu Furusawa, Taishin Yoshida, Takahiro Uchimura, Eiji Hirata
  • Publication number: 20230013673
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
  • Patent number: 11556657
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device capable of performing encryption processing with enhanced security by quite extremely safely generating unique information and performing encryption processing based on the generated unique information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marie Toyoshima, Taishin Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11495550
    Abstract: To generate a value unique to a device in a more preferable mode. A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels disposed in a two-dimensional array, and a drive control unit that controls a first drive to output signals from the unit pixels included in a first unit pixel group of the plurality of unit pixels as an image signal, and a second drive to detect variations in respective signals from two or more of the unit pixels included in a second unit pixel group of the plurality of unit pixels, in which the first unit pixel group and the second unit pixel group have different structures from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Marie Toyoshima, Taishin Yoshida
  • Patent number: 11483509
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Yosuke Ueno, Shimon Teshima, Daijiro Anai, Yoshinobu Furusawa, Taishin Yoshida, Takahiro Uchimura, Eiji Hirata
  • Publication number: 20210377482
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing method therefor, and an electronic apparatus enabling sensitivity correction in which a sensitivity difference between solid-state imaging devices is suppressed. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which one microlens is formed for a plurality of pixels in a manner such that a boundary of the microlens coincides with boundaries of the pixels. The correction circuit corrects a sensitivity difference between the pixels inside the pixel unit based on a correction coefficient. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a solid-state imaging device and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: SONY GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji SAKIOKA, Masayuki TACHI, Hisashi NISHIMAKI, Taishin YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 11122229
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing method therefor, and an electronic apparatus enabling sensitivity correction in which a sensitivity difference between solid-state imaging devices is suppressed. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which one microlens is formed for a plurality of pixels in a manner such that a boundary of the microlens coincides with boundaries of the pixels. The correction circuit corrects a sensitivity difference between the pixels inside the pixel unit based on a correction coefficient. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a solid-state imaging device and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji Sakioka, Masayuki Tachi, Hisashi Nishimaki, Taishin Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20210099660
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
  • Patent number: 10911707
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Yosuke Ueno, Shimon Teshima, Daijiro Anai, Yoshinobu Furusawa, Taishin Yoshida, Takahiro Uchimura, Eiji Hirata
  • Publication number: 20200357754
    Abstract: To generate a value unique to a device in a more preferable mode. A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels disposed in a two-dimensional array, and a drive control unit that controls a first drive to output signals from the unit pixels included in a first unit pixel group of the plurality of unit pixels as an image signal, and a second drive to detect variations in respective signals from two or more of the unit pixels included in a second unit pixel group of the plurality of unit pixels, in which the first unit pixel group and the second unit pixel group have different structures from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Marie Toyoshima, Taishin Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200342122
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device capable of performing encryption processing with enhanced security by quite extremely safely generating unique information and performing encryption processing based on the generated unique information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: MARIE TOYOSHIMA, TAISHIN YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20200236319
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
  • Patent number: 10659716
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Atsumi Niwa, Yosuke Ueno, Shimon Teshima, Daijiro Anai, Yoshinobu Furusawa, Taishin Yoshida, Takahiro Uchimura, Eiji Hirata
  • Publication number: 20200029046
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing method therefor, and an electronic apparatus enabling sensitivity correction in which a sensitivity difference between solid-state imaging devices is suppressed. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which one microlens is formed for a plurality of pixels in a manner such that a boundary of the microlens coincides with boundaries of the pixels. The correction circuit corrects a sensitivity difference between the pixels inside the pixel unit based on a correction coefficient. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a solid-state imaging device and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Youji SAKIOKA, Masayuki TACHI, Hisashi NISHIMAKI, Taishin YOSHIDA
  • Patent number: 10542229
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a signal processing method therefor, and an electronic apparatus enabling sensitivity correction in which a sensitivity difference between solid-state imaging devices is suppressed. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel unit in which one microlens is formed for a plurality of pixels in a manner such that a boundary of the microlens coincides with boundaries of the pixels. The correction circuit corrects a sensitivity difference between the pixels inside the pixel unit based on a correction coefficient. The present disclosure is applicable to, for example, a solid-state imaging device and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Youji Sakioka, Masayuki Tachi, Hisashi Nishimaki, Taishin Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20200007806
    Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a pixel array section including pixel units two-dimensionally arranged in a matrix pattern, each pixel unit including a photoelectric converter, and a plurality of column signal lines disposed according to a first column of the pixel units. The imaging device further includes an analog to digital converter that is shared by the plurality of column signal lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Yosuke UENO, Shimon TESHIMA, Daijiro ANAI, Yoshinobu FURUSAWA, Taishin YOSHIDA, Takahiro UCHIMURA, Eiji HIRATA
  • Publication number: 20190347963
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device adapted to encrypt data is described. The solid-state imaging device may include a sensor die comprising an array of imaging pixels formed on a first side of the sensor die and first wiring layers formed on a second side of the sensor die, wherein at least one of the imaging pixels is configured to generate specific signals; a logic die comprising second wiring layers formed on a first side of the logic die; and an encryption processor on the logic die configured to generate encrypted data using the specific signals. The first side of the logic die may be mounted adjacent to the second side of the sensor die and the first wiring layers electrically connect to the second wiring layers, wherein the at least one of the imaging pixels, the encryption processor, and a connecting conductor in which the specific signals pass through from the at least one of the imaging pixels to the encryption processor are located interior to the solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Minagawa, Taishin Yoshida, Marie Toyoshima, Toru Akishita, Tomohiro Morimoto, Masafumi Kusakawa, Ikuhiro Tamura, Takahiro Akahane, Eiji Hirata, Yoshinobu Furusawa