Patents by Inventor Oichi Kumagai

Oichi Kumagai 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: 20190238764
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a solid-state imaging device operating method, an imaging apparatus, and an electronic apparatus that can realize an image at a low resolution with low power consumption without deteriorating imaging characteristics of all pixels. A floating interconnection line connecting FDs (floating diffusions) each set in a unit of shared pixels including at least one or more pixels, the FDs being provided in each column having a predetermined column number, and a switch changing over between connection and disconnection of the floating interconnection line to and from the FDs are provided. In addition, the switch changes over between the connection and the disconnection between the FDs and the floating interconnection line in response to a resolution that is a low resolution. The present disclosure can be applied to a solid-state imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Atsumi NIWA, Oichi KUMAGAI, Shinichiro FUTAMI, Bostamam ANAS, Masahiko NAKAMIZO
  • Patent number: 9961278
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image-capturing element and electronic device capable of improving the linearity of illuminance values. The dynamic-range expander 118 expands dynamic range of a pixel value for each pixel based on the pixel value having different exposure times of a plurality of pixels. The integrator 119 integrates pixel values having the dynamic range expanded by the dynamic-range expander 118 and generates an illuminance value. The present disclosure is applicable to complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor or the like used in, for example, an illuminometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Ikeda, Hideki Shoyama, Yoshimasa Sakamoto, Yuuichi Udou, Oichi Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20160269659
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image-capturing element and electronic device capable of improving the linearity of illuminance values. The dynamic-range expander 118 expands dynamic range of a pixel value for each pixel based on the pixel value having different exposure times of a plurality of pixels. The integrator 119 integrates pixel values having the dynamic range expanded by the dynamic-range expander 118 and generates an illuminance value. The present disclosure is applicable to complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor or the like used in, for example, an illuminometer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Ikeda, Hideki Shoyama, Yoshimasa Sakamoto, Yuuichi Udou, Oichi Kumagai
  • Publication number: 20140281838
    Abstract: There is provided a sensor including an interface block that converts a sensing signal outputted from a sensing block into a predetermined data format which is beforehand defined to output to another device. The interface block includes an error correction information generation unit that generates error correction information used for correction of an error in the data format, a data generation determination unit that determines whether or not predetermined data to be inserted in the data format is being generated, and an operation control unit that controls operation of the error correction information generation unit on the basis of a determination result of whether or not the predetermined data to be inserted in the data format is being generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Oichi Kumagai