Patents by Inventor Noriyuki Kaifu

Noriyuki Kaifu 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: 20160309130
    Abstract: Resolution data is generated by using signals output by a first pixel group. Color data is generated by using signals output by a second pixel group. The resolution data is combined with the color data to generate first data. Up-conversion processing is performed on the first data to generate second data, and mosaic processing is performed on the second data to generate data of a predetermined array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoya Onishi, Noriyuki Kaifu, Fujio Kawano, Hisashi Takado
  • Publication number: 20160191866
    Abstract: A method for driving an image pickup apparatus is a method that generates image data using signals output by R, G, and B pixels contained in n frames, where n is an integer greater than or equal to two, and a signal or signals output by a W pixel contained in m frame or frames, where m is smaller than n, or that generates image data using signals output by R and B pixels contained in n frames and a signal or signals output by a G pixel contained in m frame or frames.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Tomoya Onishi, Noriyuki Kaifu, Fujio Kawano, Hisashi Takado
  • Publication number: 20160182839
    Abstract: An image capturing apparatus is provided. The apparatus comprises an image sensor comprising pixels and a controller. The pixels include a photoelectric converter, a holding unit, an output unit and a first and second transfer unit. The controller causes the sensor to repeatedly perform a holding operation that the first transfer unit transfer charge from the photoelectric conversion unit to the holding unit, and a transfer operation that the second transfer unit transfer the charge from the holding unit to the output unit. The controller causes the sensor to perform, as the holding operation, holding operations including a first holding operation for performing the first transfer unit transfer charge generated in a first exposure time and a second holding operation for performing the first transfer unit transfer charge generated in a second exposure time longer than the first exposure time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Shigeta, Noriyuki Kaifu, Hisashi Takado
  • Publication number: 20160035920
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a pixel which includes a photoelectric conversion unit and an amplifier transistor configured to output a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion unit. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode electrically connected to the amplifier transistor, a photoelectric conversion layer, and an insulating layer disposed between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion layer includes quantum dots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tashiro, Noriyuki Kaifu, Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160014364
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a pixel which includes a photoelectric conversion unit, a reset transistor, and an amplifier transistor that outputs a signal from the photoelectric conversion unit. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer, and an insulating layer disposed between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode. The photoelectric conversion unit alternately performs an accumulation operation and a discharge operation in accordance with the voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode. In a period between two consecutive discharge operations among a plurality of discharge operations, a reset operation in which the reset transistor resets the voltage on the second electrode is performed a plurality of times.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tashiro, Noriyuki Kaifu, Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20160013328
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device according to an exemplary embodiment includes a pixel which includes a photoelectric conversion unit, an amplifier transistor that outputs a signal from the photoelectric conversion unit, and a reset transistor that supplies a reset voltage to the amplifier transistor. The photoelectric conversion unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode electrically connected to the amplifier transistor, a photoelectric conversion layer, and an insulating layer disposed between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode. The pixel includes a first capacitor electrically connected to the second electrode. The capacitance value of the first capacitor, the capacitance value of a second capacitor between the first electrode and the second electrode, and a voltage supplied to the pixel satisfy a certain relationship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tashiro, Noriyuki Kaifu, Hidekazu Takahashi
  • Publication number: 20140184808
    Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes visible-light filters, infrared light filters, pixels arrayed in a row direction and a column direction, and wiring layers disposed between the pixels and visible-light filters and infrared light filters. The pixels include first pixels disposed corresponding to the visible-light filters, and second pixels disposed corresponding to the infrared light filters. The shape and size of the first pixels and second pixels is the same in planar view. The second pixels are disposed between adjacent pixels of the first pixels in the row direction, column direction, and diagonal directions. At least one wiring layer of the wiring layers defines apertures corresponding to photoelectric conversion regions at the first pixels and second pixels. Apertures corresponding to photoelectric conversion regions of first pixels and apertures corresponding to photoelectric conversion regions of second pixels are of the same shape and size in planar view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Tatsuya RYOKI, Kiyofumi SAKAGUCHI, Noriyuki KAIFU
  • Patent number: 8531568
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus is provided, which is provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Yuki, Noriyuki Kaifu, Kazuaki Tashiro, Tetsunobu Kochi
  • Patent number: 8488037
    Abstract: In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, switching elements, matrix signal wires, and gate drive wires arranged on a same substrate in order to output parallel signals, a driving circuit section for applying a driving signal to the gate drive wire, and a reading circuit section for converting the parallel signals transferred through the matrix signal wires to serial signals to output them, wherein the reading circuit section comprises at least one analog operational amplifier connected with each of the matrix signal wires, transfer switches for transferring output signals from the respective matrix signal wires, output through each amplifier, reading capacitors, and reading switches for successively reading the signals out of the reading capacitors in the for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadao Endo, Noriyuki Kaifu, Toshiaki Sato, Masakazu Morishita
  • Patent number: 8274033
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photoelectric converter. According to the present invention, a photoelectric converter comprises a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, either scan circuits or detection circuits, at least, that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Kobayashi, Noriyuki Kaifu, Shinichi Takeda, Kazuaki Tashiro, Tadao Endo, Toshio Kameshima
  • Publication number: 20120206608
    Abstract: In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, switching elements, matrix signal wires, and gate drive wires arranged on a same substrate in order to output parallel signals, a driving circuit section for applying a driving signal to the gate drive wire, and a reading circuit section for converting the parallel signals transferred through the matrix signal wires to serial signals to output them, wherein the reading circuit section comprises at least one analog operational amplifier connected with each of the matrix signal wires, transfer switches for transferring output signals from the respective matrix signal wires, output through each amplifier, reading capacitors, and reading switches for successively reading the signals out of the reading capacitors in the for
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tadao Endo, Noriyuki Kaifu, Toshiaki Sato, Masakazu Morishita
  • Patent number: 8179469
    Abstract: In order to provide a photoelectric conversion apparatus, which is an apparatus excellent in reading speed, high S/N, high tone level, and low cost, the photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion circuit section comprising a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, switching elements, matrix signal wires, and gate drive wires arranged on a same substrate in order to output parallel signals, a driving circuit section for applying a driving signal to the gate drive wire, and a reading circuit section for converting the parallel signals transferred through the matrix signal wires to serial signals to output them, wherein the reading circuit section comprises at least one analog operational amplifier connected with each of the matrix signal wires, transfer switches for transferring output signals from the respective matrix signal wires, output through each amplifier, reading capacitors, and reading switches for successively reading the signals out of the reading capacitors in the for
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadao Endo, Noriyuki Kaifu, Toshiaki Sato, Masakazu Morishita
  • Publication number: 20120064651
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescent display apparatus that includes a substrate and a plurality of pixels each including two or more types of sub-pixels, in which the pixels are arranged in a display area of the substrate, and, among the sub-pixels, one type of sub-pixels are specified sub-pixels provided at certain intervals. The specified sub-pixels are formed by selectively forming the (2n-1)th specified sub-pixels (wherein n represents an integer of 1 or more) numbered from a side end of the display area using a mask having openings at positions corresponding to the (2n-1)th specified sub-pixels numbered from the side end, and selectively forming the (2n)th specified sub-pixels numbered from the side end using a mask having openings at positions corresponding to the (2n)th specified sub-pixels numbered from the side end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Atsushi Shiozaki, Toshihiko Mimura, Noriyuki Kaifu, Katsunori Oya, Tetsuya Karaki
  • Patent number: 8072526
    Abstract: An image sensor comprises a pixel array, and a control unit which performs, in a first period, a control operation of an electric potential of a signal line to turn off a MOS transistor while the electric potential of a charge-voltage converter in a selected pixel is maintained at an electric potential of a selected state, and, in a second period subsequent to the first period, performs a control operation of the electric potential of the signal line to turn on the MOS transistor while the electric potential of the charge-voltage converter in the selected pixel is maintained at an electric potential of the selected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tashiro, Noriyuki Kaifu
  • Publication number: 20110248976
    Abstract: A display apparatus which achieves high definition and has excellent resolution that the human eye feels is provided. In the display apparatus which comprises a display region on which a plurality of display devices are arranged in a matrix, the plurality of display devices include a first display device, a second display device and a third display device, and are arranged in order of the first display device, the second display device, the third display device, the third display device, the second display device and the first display device in a first direction, luminescent colors of the first display device, the second display device and the third display device are different from others, and the display apparatus comprises a low-pass filter circuit configured to modulate an image signal to be input to the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Ryuichiro Isobe, Noriyuki Kaifu
  • Publication number: 20110157443
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus is provided, which is provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of Image sensing elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: OSAMU YUKI, Noriyuki Kaifu, Kazuaki Tashiro, Tetsunobu Kochi
  • Publication number: 20110147598
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photoelectric converter. According to the present invention, a photoelectric converter comprises a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, either scan circuits or detection circuits, at least, that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: ISAO KOBAYASHI, NORIYUKI KAIFU, SHINICHI TAKEDA, KAZUAKI TASHIRO, TADAO ENDO, TOSHIO KAMESHIMA
  • Patent number: 7952077
    Abstract: An image sensor has a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit for processing signals from the photoelectric converter and outputting processed signals to an output line, the plurality of pixels having at least one position at which a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, a fourth pixel, a fifth pixel, and a sixth pixel are arranged in one direction, in that order, and the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, the fourth pixel, the fifth pixel, and the sixth pixel are arranged so that the photoelectric converters are arranged at the same pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuaki Tashiro, Noriyuki Kaifu, Shin Kikuchi, Tomoyuki Noda
  • Patent number: 7920195
    Abstract: An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Osamu Yuki, Noriyuki Kaifu, Kazuaki Tashiro, Tetsunobu Kochi
  • Patent number: 7915573
    Abstract: A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from the scan circuits or from the detection circuits, which are arranged on the two opposing sides, are capable of being set so as to be performed in like directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Kobayashi, Noriyuki Kaifu, Shinichi Takeda, Kazuaki Tashiro, Tadao Endo, Toshio Kameshima