Patents by Inventor Koichiro Iwata

Koichiro Iwata 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 SENSING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS DRIVING METHOD
    Publication number: 20090109312
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus includes a pixel array including an optical black region and effective pixel region, and a scanning unit which scans the pixel array. The scanning unit includes a first shift register which scans the optical black region by a shift operation, and a second shift register which scans the effective pixel region by a shift operation. The second shift register starts the shift operation during a first period when the first shift register scans the optical black region, and scans a readout region serving as a partial region of the effective pixel region during a second period following the first period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2008
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Noda, Tetsuya Itano, Koichiro Iwata, Hidekazu Takahashi