Patents by Inventor Fumihito Karahashi

Fumihito Karahashi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240155229
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a first amplifier capable of amplifying a signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, a second amplifier capable of amplifying the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, with a method different from a method used by the first amplifier; and a control unit that performs control so as to execute one of first processing and second processing based on a shooting mode of the image capturing apparatus, a setting at the time of shooting, or a state of a subject, the first processing causing the first amplifier to amplify the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains, the second processing causing the second amplifier to amplify the signal of each pixel using a plurality of different gains.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroshi HIRANO, Kosuke MATSUBARA, Toshiharu UEDA, Shohei TOZAWA, Kazuto JIKEI, Fumihito KARAHASHI, Daisuke ITO
  • Patent number: 11368610
    Abstract: Each of pixels of an image sensor has a first read-out path for reading an electric charge that is once stored in a first storage circuit, and a second read-out path for reading an electric charge without going through the first storage circuit. An image capture apparatus controls operation of the image sensor so that: an electric charge obtained by the photoelectric conversion device related to capturing based on an instruction by a user is read via the first read-out path; an electric charge obtained by the photoelectric conversion device related to capturing for information detection is read via the second read-out path. The reading via the second read-out path is executed in a period overlapping a period for reading an electric charge via the first read-out path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Fumihito Karahashi
  • Publication number: 20220021796
    Abstract: Each of pixels of an image sensor has a first read-out path for reading an electric charge that is once stored in a first storage circuit, and a second read-out path for reading an electric charge without going through the first storage circuit. An image capture apparatus controls operation of the image sensor so that: an electric charge obtained by the photoelectric conversion device related to capturing based on an instruction by a user is read via the first read-out path; an electric charge obtained by the photoelectric conversion device related to capturing for information detection is read via the second read-out path. The reading via the second read-out path is executed in a period overlapping a period for reading an electric charge via the first read-out path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventor: Fumihito Karahashi