Patents by Inventor Erin Hanelt

Erin Hanelt 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: 11251218
    Abstract: Imaging apparatus (2000, 2100, 2200) includes a photosensitive medium (2004, 2204) and an array of pixel circuits (302), which are arranged in a regular grid on a semiconductor substrate (2002) and define respective pixels (2006, 2106) of the apparatus. Pixel electrodes (2012, 2112, 2212) are connected respectively to the pixel circuits in the array and coupled to read out photocharge from respective areas of the photosensitive medium to the pixel circuits. The pixel electrodes in a peripheral region of the array are spatially offset, relative to the regular grid, in respective directions away from a center of the array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: INVISAGE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Erin Hanelt, Naveen Kolli
  • Patent number: 10998371
    Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a semiconductor substrate and a stack of layers of one or more dielectric materials and one or more conducting materials formed on the semiconductor substrate so as to define an array of pixel circuits including respective pixel electrodes at an upper layer of the stack of layers of one or more dielectric materials and one or more conducting materials and logic circuitry in an area adjacent to the array of pixel circuits. A light-absorbing layer is formed on the upper layer of the stack of layers of one or more dielectric materials and one or more conducting materials so as to overlie the area containing the logic circuitry and configured to absorb at least 90% of light that is incident on the light-absorbing layer. A layer of a photosensitive medium overlies the pixel electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Erin Hanelt, Hong-Wei Lee
  • Publication number: 20190252453
    Abstract: Imaging apparatus (2000, 2100, 2200) includes a photosensitive medium (2004, 2204) and an array of pixel circuits (302), which are arranged in a regular grid on a semiconductor substrate (2002) and define respective pixels (2006, 2106) of the apparatus. Pixel electrodes (2012, 2112, 2212) are connected respectively to the pixel circuits in the array and coupled to read out photocharge from respective areas of the photosensitive medium to the pixel circuits. The pixel electrodes in a peripheral region of the array are spatially offset, relative to the regular grid, in respective directions away from a center of the array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Erin Hanelt, Naveen Kolli