Patents by Inventor Hervé Mingam

Hervé Mingam 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).

  • IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE COMPRISING PIXEL COMBINATION MEANS
    Publication number: 20100182474
    Abstract: An image capture device includes n image sensors arranged to capture images respectively of a same scene according to at least three different colors, each of the sensors comprising a pixel array, each pixel being associated with a MOS transfer transistor, the transfer transistors of n neighboring pixels being associated with a same output; and a read circuit associated with control circuitry for reading separately, the output of each transfer transistor, or cumulatively, the outputs of from two to n neighboring transfer transistors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventors: Hervé Mingam, François Roy
  • IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE COMPRISING FOCUSING ADJUSTMENT MEANS
    Publication number: 20100165156
    Abstract: An image capture device includes first and second image sensors arranged to capture first and second images respectively of a same scene, each of the first and second images including pixel values; an objective lens associated with each of the image sensors, one objective lens being axially offset with respect to the other and having the same focal length as the other; a unit for analyzing the sharpness of each image; and a unit for selecting the image of desired sharpness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics S.A.
    Inventor: Hervé Mingam