Patents by Inventor Makoto Tsuchimochi

Makoto Tsuchimochi 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: 20140042578
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device and one or more bare ICs disposed on a back face of a solid-state imaging apparatus. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interposed between the solid-state imaging device and the bare ICs, or the solid-state imaging device and the ICs are directly bonded together. The IC chips may be disposed on the inner surface, mainly the ceiling surface, of a light-shielding case. The imaging apparatus may be within a package with a pinhole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Takagi, Masayoshi Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Ueda, Makoto Tsuchimochi, Shigeo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8564702
    Abstract: At least a solid-state imaging device and one or a plurality of bare ICs that are disposed on the back face or on the back face side of the solid-state imaging apparatus and serve as peripheral circuits. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interposed between the solid-state imaging device and the bare ICs, or the solid-state imaging device and the ICs are directly bonded together. According to another aspect, IC chips and other parts as peripheral circuits of a solid-state imaging device are disposed on the inner surface, mainly the ceiling surface, of a light-shielding case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Takagi, Masayoshi Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Ueda, Makoto Tsuchimochi, Shigeo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20120069230
    Abstract: At least a solid-state imaging device and one or a plurality of bare ICs that are disposed on the back face or on the back face side of the solid-state imaging apparatus and serve as peripheral circuits. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interposed between the solid-state imaging device and the bare ICs, or the solid-state imaging device and the ICs are directly bonded together. According to another aspect, IC chips and other parts as peripheral circuits of a solid-state imaging device are disposed on the inner surface, mainly the ceiling surface, of a light-shielding case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 22, 2012
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Takagi, Masayoshi Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Ueda, Makoto Tsuchimochi, Shigeo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8098309
    Abstract: At least a solid-state imaging device and one or a plurality of bare ICs that are disposed on the back face or on the back face side of the solid-state imaging apparatus and serve as peripheral circuits are provided. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interposed between the solid-state imaging device and the bare ICs, or the solid-state imaging device and the ICs are directly bonded together. According to another aspect, IC chips and other parts as peripheral circuits of a solid-state imaging device are disposed on the inner surface, mainly the ceiling surface, of a light-shielding case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Takagi, Masayoshi Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Ueda, Makoto Tsuchimochi, Shigeo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7860307
    Abstract: A color matching method for a digital image. Signals of a plurality of main colors in the digital image are extracted and the extracted signals are used to generate a 3×3 color matrix. The signals of the plurality of main colors are transformed into a 3×1 input matrix formed by the intensity of illumination, the color hue, and the color saturation of each of the color signals. An output value and color difference of the plurality of the color signals are recursively calculated by performing an iteration operation based on an equation composed of the color matrix, a predefined weighting matrix and a fine-tuning matrix, until the color difference is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Taiwan Limited
    Inventors: Chang Shih Yen, Makoto Tsuchimochi
  • Publication number: 20080079816
    Abstract: The present invention provides a color matching method for a digital image comprising a step of extracting signals of a plurality of main colors in the digital image; a step of transformation for generating a 3×3 color matrix from the signals of the plurality of main colors and transforming the signals of the plurality of main colors into a 3×1 input matrix formed by the intensity of illumination, the color hue, and the color saturation of each of the color signals, which are referred to as Lab coordinates; and a step of color-difference calculation for recursively calculating an output value and color difference of the plurality of the color signals by performing an iteration operation based on an equation composed of the color matrix, a predefined weighting matrix and a fine-tuning matrix, until said color difference is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Chang Shih Yen, Makoto Tsuchimochi
  • Publication number: 20040263671
    Abstract: At least a solid-state imaging device and one or a plurality of bare ICs that are disposed on the back face or on the back face side of the solid-state imaging apparatus and serve as peripheral circuits are provided. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interposed between the solid-state imaging device and the bare ICs, or the solid-state imaging device and the ICs are directly bonded together. According to another aspect, IC chips and other parts as peripheral circuits of a solid-state imaging device are disposed on the inner surface, mainly the ceiling surface, of a light-shielding case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 30, 2004
    Inventors: Yuichi Takagi, Masayoshi Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Ueda, Makoto Tsuchimochi, Shigeo Ikeda
  • Patent number: 6795120
    Abstract: At least a solid-state imaging device and one or a plurality of bare ICs that are disposed on the back face or on the back face side of the solid-state imaging apparatus and serve as peripheral circuits are provided. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interposed between the solid-state imaging device and the bare ICs, or the solid-state imaging device and the ICs are directly bonded together. According to another aspect, IC chips and other parts as peripheral circuits of a solid-state imaging device are disposed on the inner surface, mainly the ceiling surface, of a light-shielding case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yuichi Takagi, Masayoshi Kanazawa, Kazuhiko Ueda, Makoto Tsuchimochi, Shigeo Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20020044215
    Abstract: At least a solid-state imaging device and one or a plurality of bare ICs that are disposed on the back face or on the back face side of the solid-state imaging apparatus and serve as peripheral circuits are provided. The bare ICs are sealed by a resin. A circuit board may be interposed between the solid-state imaging device and the bare ICs, or the solid-state imaging device and the ICs are directly bonded together. According to another aspect, IC chips and other parts as peripheral circuits of a solid-state imaging device are disposed on the inner surface, mainly the ceiling surface, of a light-shielding case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 1997
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventors: YUICHI TAKAGI, MASAYOSHI KANAZAWA, KAZUHIKO UEDA, MAKOTO TSUCHIMOCHI, SHIGEO IKEDA