Patents by Inventor Rudolf VAN REE

Rudolf VAN REE 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).

  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PIXEL MANAGEMENT OF A CROSS PIXEL INTERCONNECTED CMOS IMAGE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20190246049
    Abstract: A camera using a CMOS image sensor based on a shared pixel array technology avails both high definition (HD) and ultra-high definition (UHD) resolution mode formats. Dynamic pixel management allows for both sequential and binned timing formats of pixel signals using switched capacitor noise reduction techniques. When UHD resolution mode is selected, noise can be reduced using both digital double sampling (DDS) or differential digital double sampling (dDDS), and when HD resolution mode is selected noise can be reduced using DDS. Additionally, both rolling shutter and global shutter modes can be selected when HD resolution mode is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Petrus Gijsbertus CENTEN, Jeroen ROTTE, Juul Josephus Johannes VAN DEN HEIJKANT, Rudolf VAN REE
  • System and methods for dynamic pixel management of a cross pixel interconnected CMOS image sensor
    Patent number: 10270987
    Abstract: A camera using a CMOS image sensor based on a shared pixel array technology avails both high definition (HD) and ultra-high definition (UHD) resolution mode formats. Dynamic pixel management allows for both sequential and binned timing formats of pixel signals using switched capacitor noise reduction techniques. When UHD resolution mode is selected, noise can be reduced using both digital double sampling (DDS) or differential digital double sampling (dDDS), and when HD resolution mode is selected noise can be reduced using DDS. Additionally, both rolling shutter and global shutter modes can be selected when HD resolution mode is selected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GVBB HOLDINGS S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Petrus Gijsbertus Centen, Jeroen Rotte, Juul Josephus Johannes Van Den Heijkant, Rudolf Van Ree
  • Cross pixel interconnection
    Patent number: 10270997
    Abstract: A CMOS image sensor with reducing interconnections is provided. The CMOS image sensor may include a first row of pixels that includes a first pixel. The first pixel may include a first plurality of photodiodes and a first plurality of transfer gates. Each of the first plurality of photodiodes may be associated with a corresponding one of the first plurality of transfer gates. The CMOS image sensor may include a second row of pixels that includes a second pixel. The second pixel may include a second plurality of photodiodes and a second plurality of transfer gates. Each of the second plurality of photodiodes may be associated with a corresponding one of the second plurality of transfer gates. A first one of the transfer gates of the first plurality of transfer gates may be coupled to a first one of the transfer gates of the second plurality of transfer gates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: GVBB HOLDINGS S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Petrus Gijsbertus Centen, Jeroen Rotte, Juul Josephus Johannes Van Den Heijkant, Rudolf Van Ree
  • SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PIXEL MANAGEMENT OF A CROSS PIXEL INTERCONNECTED CMOS IMAGE SENSOR
    Publication number: 20180070029
    Abstract: A camera using a CMOS image sensor based on a shared pixel array technology avails both high definition (HD) and ultra-high definition (UHD) resolution mode formats. Dynamic pixel management allows for both sequential and binned timing formats of pixel signals using switched capacitor noise reduction techniques. When UHD resolution mode is selected, noise can be reduced using both digital double sampling (DDS) or differential digital double sampling (dDDS), and when HD resolution mode is selected noise can be reduced using DDS. Additionally, both rolling shutter and global shutter modes can be selected when HD resolution mode is selected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Petrus Gijsbertus CENTEN, Jeroen ROTTE, Juul Josephus Johannes VAN DEN HEIJKANT, Rudolf VAN REE
  • CROSS PIXEL INTERCONNECTION
    Publication number: 20180070036
    Abstract: A CMOS image sensor with reducing interconnections is provided. The CMOS image sensor may include a first row of pixels that includes a first pixel. The first pixel may include a first plurality of photodiodes and a first plurality of transfer gates. Each of the first plurality of photodiodes may be associated with a corresponding one of the first plurality of transfer gates. The CMOS image sensor may include a second row of pixels that includes a second pixel. The second pixel may include a second plurality of photodiodes and a second plurality of transfer gates. Each of the second plurality of photodiodes may be associated with a corresponding one of the second plurality of transfer gates. A first one of the transfer gates of the first plurality of transfer gates may be coupled to a first one of the transfer gates of the second plurality of transfer gates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Inventors: Petrus Gijsbertus CENTEN, Jeroen ROTTE, Juul Josephus Johannes VAN DEN HEIJKANT, Rudolf VAN REE