Abstract: A camera system at least including: a MOS imaging device at least having a pixel section having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arrayed in row and column directions, each having a photoelectric conversion section for generating electrical signal corresponding to a quantity of incident light, an accumulation section for accumulating signal generated at the photoelectric conversion section, a transfer switch means for controlling transfer of signal from the photoelectric conversion section to the accumulation section, a reset switch means for resetting signal of the photoelectric conversion section, an amplification section for outputting a voltage value corresponding to signal of the accumulation section, and a select switch for selecting output of the amplification section, wherein an exposure period is determined by simultaneously resetting signals of the photoelectric conversion section for all pixels and effecting signal transfer from the photoelectric conversion section to the accumulation section

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device comprises pixel units, column signal lines, column circuits, a switching unit, and a mode control unit. Pixel units are two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix direction, and each of them comprises a photoelectric conversion unit and an amplifying unit. Column signal lines are provided for each column and the pixel signals from the amplifying units are output to each of rows. Column circuits are provided for each column and process signals from the column signal lines. A switching unit switches connection between the column signal lines and the column circuits. A mode control unit outputs signals to the switching unit and controls switching between a first mode in which the column signal lines are connected to the column circuits on the same column thereof and a second mode in which the column signal lines are connected to the column circuits on another column.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into two dimensions for converting an incident light into a signal electric charge and for outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the signal electric charge; vertical signal lines for reading the signals of the pixel section column by column; a horizontal signal line for reading the signals through switches from the vertical signal lines; and a variable amplification section for reading the signal from the horizontal signal line with amplifying it by a predetermined amplification factor, and further includes a control section for effecting a control so that a signal level on the horizontal signal line does not exceed a predetermined limit level when signals are read out from the vertical signal lines to the horizontal signal line.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels, each pixel containing an amplification section for outputting onto an output signal line, and a reset section for resetting an accumulation section; a noise suppressing section with using a first signal being an output from the pixel at the time of resetting for suppressing noise components contained in a second signal corresponding to the signal electric charges; and a control section for, of the outputs onto the output signal line of a first pixel being subject of the noise suppressing operation, respectively limiting the first signal and the second signal to a first electric potential and to a second electric potential with using an output resulting from reset operation onto the output signal line from a second pixel different from the first pixel and connected to the same one output signal line as the first pixel.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus of the present invention including: a pixel section having pixels two-dimensionally disposed in a row and column directions each containing a photoelectric conversion section and an amplification section for amplifying and outputting as pixel signal an output of the photoelectric conversion section; a first scanning section for selecting rows to be read of the pixel section; a noise suppressing section for effecting noise suppression of the pixel signals; a second scanning section for causing pixel signals having gone through the noise suppressing section to be outputted from a plurality of horizontal signal lines; and a control section having a plurality of drive modes to be set, different in the number of the horizontal signal lines from which the pixel signals are outputted, and, when a drive mode is set, changing in accordance with the set drive mode the manner of connection of a function device within the noise suppressing section associated with the horizontal signal line

Abstract: A vehicular air-conditioning duct structure including: a first duct, provided behind an instrument panel, that communicates a first blowout port formed in the instrument panel with a delivery port of an air conditioner; a second duct downstream portion formed separately from a second duct main body portion provided behind the instrumental panel and connected to a downstream side of the second duct main body portion to thereby constitute a second duct that communicates a second blowout port formed in the instrument panel with the delivery port; a mounting portion that fixes the second duct downstream portion to a downstream side of the first duct; and a bridge portion that couples a portion of the first duct upstream of the mounting portion to the second duct main body portion and that is joined to a back face of the instrument panel.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging device comprises pixel units, column signal lines, column circuits, a switching unit, and a mode control unit. Pixel units are two-dimensionally disposed in a matrix direction, and each of them comprises a photoelectric conversion unit and an amplifying unit. Column signal lines are provided for each column and the pixel signals from the amplifying units are output to each of rows. Column circuits are provided for each column and process signals from the column signal lines. A switching unit switches connection between the column signal lines and the column circuits. A mode control unit outputs signals to the switching unit and controls switching between a first mode in which the column signal lines are connected to the column circuits on the same column thereof and a second mode in which the column signal lines are connected to the column circuits on another column.

Abstract: A solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising a pixel section which comprises a plurality of unit pixels which are arranged in a matrix, and converts an input optical signal to an electric signal, a column circuit which processes the electric signal which is outputted from the pixel section column by column, and a column circuit current controlling section which reduces current of column circuit, whose electric signal is not read out, than current of column circuit whose electric signal is read out, when a first mode which thins out and reads out electric signals of column circuits is set.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged in two dimensions for effecting photoelectric conversion; a light blocking section for blocking light to conceal the pixel section in accordance with a light blocking instruction signal; a region setting section for outputting the light blocking instruction signal and setting a correcting pixel region from which pixel data for correction are extracted within an effective pixel region of the pixel section where an object image is formed; a line memory for retaining pixel data from the correcting pixel region at the time of blocking light; and a correcting section for correcting an output of pixel data from the pixel section using the pixel data retained at the line memory.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged into two dimensions for converting an incident light into a signal electric charge and for outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the signal electric charge; vertical signal lines for reading the signals of the pixel section column by column; a horizontal signal line for reading the signals through switches from the vertical signal lines; and a variable amplification section for reading the signal from the horizontal signal line with amplifying it by a predetermined amplification factor, and further includes a control section for effecting a control so that a signal level on the horizontal signal line does not exceed a predetermined limit level when signals are read out from the vertical signal lines to the horizontal signal line.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus, comprising, a pixel section including a two-dimensional matrix of a plurality of pixels each provided with a photoelectric conversion section, and an amplifier section that amplifies an output of the photoelectric conversion section and outputs a pixel signal, a column signal line provided on a column basis in the pixel section to receive the pixel signal outputted from the amplification section of each of the pixels, a column amplification section in which a first input terminal is coupled with an end of each of the column signal lines via a first switch device, and a second input terminal is coupled via a second switch device with a load section that is in charge of setting an amplification rate for use to amplify the pixel signal, a third switch device that couples together the load section and others in the plurality of various columns, and a control section that controls coupling and decoupling by the first, second, and third switch devices.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having pixels two-dimensionally arranged into rows and columns each pixel containing a photoelectric conversion means, an amplification means for amplifying and outputting as pixel signal a signal electric charge of the photoelectric conversion means, and a reset means for resetting signal electric charges accumulated at the amplification means; a vertical scanning section for selecting a row to be read out of the pixel section; a vertical signal line provided column by column for outputting the signal from the pixel section; and a sample-and-hold type bias section connected to the vertical signal line containing at least a hold means for setting an electric current flowing into the amplification means. The sample-and-hold type bias section causes to generate an electric current corresponding to a voltage set at the hold means when signal electric charges accumulated at the photoelectric conversion means is read out from the amplification means.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels, each pixel containing an amplification section for outputting onto an output signal line, and a reset section for resetting an accumulation section; a noise suppressing section with using a first signal being an output from the pixel at the time of resetting for suppressing noise components contained in a second signal corresponding to the signal electric charges; and a control section for, of the outputs onto the output signal line of a first pixel being subject of the noise suppressing operation, respectively limiting the first signal and the second signal to a first electric potential and to a second electric potential with using an output resulting from reset operation onto the output signal line from a second pixel different from the first pixel and connected to the same one output signal line as the first pixel.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section where a plurality of pixel cells are two-dimensionally arranged with each having a photoelectric conversion section for generating signal electric charges corresponding to an object image, a memory means for temporarily retaining the signal electric charges, an electric charge transfer means for transferring the signal electric charges generated at the photoelectric conversion section to the memory means, an amplification means for outputting a signal corresponding to amount of the signal electric charges retained at the memory means, and a reset means for resetting the memory means; a plurality of vertical signal lines for reading output of the signal from the amplification means along a vertical direction with treating individual one of the pixel cells arranged in a horizontal direction as unit; a horizontal signal line for reading signals from the plurality of vertical signal lines along the horizontal direction; A/D converter for converting output

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing cancer stem cells including the step of subjecting normal cells to Ras activation and p53 deficiency; the cancer stem cells prepared by the preparation method; a method for screening a cancer stem cell-targeting substance and a method for screening an anti-cancer substance using the cancer stem cells; a method for treating a cancer comprising administering to a patient the substances obtainable by the screening methods; and a diagnostic method for cancers including the step of detecting proteins specifically expressed in the cancer stem cells or mRNAs of the protein.

Abstract: This invention relates to the methods for the identification and isolation of cancer stem cells from cultured cancer cell lines. Cell line-derived cancer stem cells isolated using the present methods may be useful, for example, in assays to screen compounds for anti-cancer stem cell activity and in target discovery methods for identifying novel expressed genes and druggable targets. The invention also relates to the screening of compounds for activity against cell line-derived cancer stem cells.

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixel cells; a vertical signal line; a column signal processing circuit connected to the vertical signal line; a memory section for, during signal processing by the column signal processing circuit of the pixel cells of a first line, storing signal processing results of the pixel cells of a second line of which signal processing is executed previous to the first line; and a control section for rendering control so that, after causing each pixel cell to simultaneously reset, signal electric charges generated at each pixel cell are held simultaneously in all pixels and then sequentially outputted line by line of the pixel section to the vertical signal line, and the signal processing at the column signal processing circuit, a transfer to the memory section, and a readout from the memory section to an external device are then effected.

Abstract: A camera system at least including: a MOS imaging device at least having a pixel section having a plurality of pixels two-dimensionally arrayed in row and column directions, each having a photoelectric conversion section for generating electrical signal corresponding to a quantity of incident light, an accumulation section for accumulating signal generated at the photoelectric conversion section, a transfer switch means for controlling transfer of signal from the photoelectric conversion section to the accumulation section, a reset switch means for resetting signal of the photoelectric conversion section, an amplification section for outputting a voltage value corresponding to signal of the accumulation section, and a select switch for selecting output of the amplification section, wherein an exposure period is determined by simultaneously resetting signals of the photoelectric conversion section for all pixels and effecting signal transfer from the photoelectric conversion section to the accumulation section

Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus of the present invention including: a pixel section having pixels two-dimensionally disposed in a row and column directions each containing a photoelectric conversion section and an amplification section for amplifying and outputting as pixel signal an output of the photoelectric conversion section; a first scanning section for selecting rows to be read of the pixel section; a noise suppressing section for effecting noise suppression of the pixel signals; a second scanning section for causing pixel signals having gone through the noise suppressing section to be outputted from a plurality of horizontal signal lines; and a control section having a plurality of drive modes to be set, different in the number of the horizontal signal lines from which the pixel signals are outputted, and, when a drive mode is set, changing in accordance with the set drive mode the manner of connection of a function device within the noise suppressing section associated with the horizontal signal line

Abstract: The signal transmission circuit comprises a first switch controls output according to a first control pulse, the first source follower outputting signals to the first output line based on signal input into the gate, a first capacitor connected between the gate and the source of the source follower, the first circuit, based on a level of the input signal, fixing the first output line to reference potential, the second switch controlling output according to a second control pulse, the second source follower, according to signals input into the gate, supplying output signals to the subsequent stage and also to a second output line, a second capacitor connected between the gate and the source of the source follower, and the second circuit, based on a level of input signals from the source, fixing the second output line to reference potential.