Abstract: A video processing system 100 is provided with video encoding device 10 and video decoding device 20. The video encoding device 10 implements backward interframe prediction from a temporally subsequent frame and outputs information indicating that an option to eliminate use of a decoded image of the temporally subsequent frame was chosen. The video decoding device 20 eliminates use of the decoded image of the frame on the basis of this information, in conjunction with input of the information for eliminating use of the decoded image of the temporally subsequent frame.

Abstract: An image sensor includes: a reference signal generation unit configured to generate and output a reference signal in accordance with a predetermined voltage; a plurality of pixels disposed in a two-dimensional matrix form and configured to receive light from outside, and to generate and output an imaging signal in accordance with an amount of the received light; a transfer unit configured to transfer the reference signal output from the reference signal generation unit and the imaging signal output from each of the plurality of pixels, during different periods; and an output unit configured to separately hold the reference signal and the imaging signal transferred from the transfer unit, sequentially switch between the reference signal and the imaging signal to output the switched signal.

Abstract: A moving picture encoding apparatus has a motion vector predicting part for performing, based on a temporal relation among adjacent reference frame images referred to for detecting motion vectors of adjacent blocks adjacent to a coding target block, a target reference frame image referred to for detecting a motion vector of the target block, and a target frame image being the frame image of the coding target, or based on time information thereof, a correction of scaling the motion vectors of the adjacent blocks on the basis of the target reference frame image; and a determination of an optimum predicted motion vector based on the motion vectors of the adjacent blocks; and thereby predicting the optimum predicted motion vector after the correction.

Abstract: A video processing system provided with video encoding apparatus 1 and video decoding apparatus 2. The encoding apparatus 1 outputs a maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 resulting from encoding of video data D0. The decoding apparatus 2 effects input of the maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 from the encoding apparatus 1. Then the decoding apparatus 2 decodes the encoded data D1 with reference to the input maximum delay time to generate motion video data D2.

Abstract: An image sensor includes: a light reception unit; first transfer lines; a constant current source; second transfer lines; a reading unit; a control unit; a dielectric interposed between the first and second transfer lines formed in pairs; a first chip including at least the light reception unit, the plurality of first transfer lines, and the constant current source, each being mounted on the first chip; and a second chip including at least the second transfer lines mounted on the second chip. The first chip is configured such that the second chip is stacked on a back surface of a light receiving surface of the light reception unit, and each of the second transfer lines is arranged at a position facing one of the first transfer lines with the dielectric interposed between the first and second transfer lines.

Abstract: An imaging unit includes: an image sensor configured to generate an image signal by receiving light and performing photoelectric conversion; and a relay member including a plurality of silicon substrates laminated on a back surface side of the image sensor opposite to a light receiving surface of the image sensor, planar type electronic devices being formed on the silicon substrates, and relay the image sensor and a signal cable that transmits the image signal. The relay member includes a multilayer wiring layer laminated on an outermost surface of the silicon substrate, and the multilayer wiring layer includes, on an outermost surface, a material allowing the signal cable to be connected.

Abstract: An image sensor includes: unit pixels; first transfer lines; a constant current source; a reset noise removal unit; a second transfer line; and a control unit configured to drive output units of the unit pixels respectively positioned in different rows at a same time in at least a part of a period, to drive a charge transfer unit of the unit pixel positioned in one row and perform a reset noise removal operation, then to transfer the signal to the second transfer line while keeping an output unit of the unit pixel driven, and to drive a charge transfer unit of the unit pixel positioned in another row and perform the reset noise removal operation, in an operation period in which an output unit of the unit pixel positioned in the one row transfers the signal to the second transfer line.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: an image sensor including a plurality of pixels; a transmission cable configured to transmit power to the image sensor; a power source provided on a proximal end side of the transmission cable and configured to supply a voltage to the image sensor; a pulse signal superimposing unit provided on the proximal end side of the transmission cable and configured to superimpose a pulse signal on the voltage; a separator connected between the image sensor and the transmission cable and configured to separate an offset voltage and a pulse voltage from the voltage; a pulse signal detector connected between the separator and the transmission cable on a distal end side of the transmission cable and configured to detect the pulse signal superimposed on the offset voltage; and a timing generator configured to generate a driving signal based on the detected pulse signal.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase efficiency of information compression in coding and decoding. A moving picture encoding apparatus 10 of the present invention has a motion vector predicting part for performing, based on a temporal relation among adjacent reference frame images 703a, 703b, 703c referred to for detecting motion vectors of adjacent blocks adjacent to a coding target block, a target reference frame image 702 referred to for detecting a motion vector of the target block, and a target frame image 701 being the frame image of the coding target, or based on time information thereof, a correction of scaling the motion vectors 751a, 751b, 751c of the adjacent blocks on the basis of the target reference frame image 702; and a determination of an optimum predicted motion vector based on the motion vectors of the adjacent blocks; and thereby predicting the optimum predicted motion vector after the correction.

Abstract: An image sensor includes: light receiving units disposed two-dimensionally on a substrate; color filters disposed on the light receiving units and including at least one of: a blue color filter for passing both of blue light and blue-violet light; a cyan color filter for passing both of green light and the blue-violet light; and a magenta color filter for passing both of red light and the blue-violet light; a first film arranged on a light receiving unit on which the cyan color filter is disposed, among the light receiving units, the first film having a peak of reflectivity near 450 nm; and a second film arranged on a light receiving unit on which the magenta color filter is disposed, among the light receiving units, the second film having a peak of reflectivity between 450 nm and 500 nm.

Abstract: A video processing system is provided with video encoding apparatus 1 and video decoding apparatus 2. The encoding apparatus 1 outputs a maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 resulting from encoding of video data D0. The decoding apparatus 2 effects input of the maximum delay time that is incurred by backward prediction, in addition to encoded data D1 from the encoding apparatus 1. Then the decoding apparatus 2 decodes the encoded data D1 with reference to the input maximum delay time to generate motion video data D2.

Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel chip provided with a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first transfer lines, and a plurality of capacitors; a circuit chip provided with a plurality of column reading circuits, a plurality of column scanning circuits, a second transfer line, and a constant current source; and a connection portion stacked and provided between the pixel chip and the circuit chip and configured to connect a capacitor, which is arranged in the pixel chip and has a trench structure, and a first transistor arranged in the circuit chip to each other via an electrode. The capacitor is configured to form a transfer capacity removing a noise included in an imaging signal and connect the pixel chip and the circuit chip to each other via the electrode and the connection portion.

Abstract: An image sensor includes: unit pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix form, each unit pixel having photoelectric converters for converting received light into imaging signals; and filters having different transmission spectra and disposed on light receiving surfaces of the photoelectric converters. The image sensor is configured to: switch between signal processing units with respect to transfer destination of the imaging signals transferred from second transfer lines to a switching unit, based on types of the filters; and output the imaging signals from a single row of the unit pixels to the sample-and-hold units, in a predetermined number of times during one horizontal scanning period by dividing the unit pixels into pixel units each time the imaging signals are output so as to output the imaging signals from the photoelectric converters having the light receiving surfaces on which the filters of different types are disposed in each pixel unit.

Abstract: A video processing system 100 is provided with video encoding device 10 and video decoding device 20. The video encoding device 10 implements backward interframe prediction from a temporally subsequent frame and outputs information indicating that an option to eliminate use of a decoded image of the temporally subsequent frame was chosen. The video decoding device 20 eliminates use of the decoded image of the frame on the basis of this information, in conjunction with input of the information for eliminating use of the decoded image of the temporally subsequent frame.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase efficiency of information compression in coding and decoding. A moving picture encoding apparatus 10 of the present invention has a motion vector predicting part for performing, based on a temporal relation among adjacent reference frame images 703a, 703b, 703c referred to for detecting motion vectors of adjacent blocks adjacent to a coding target block, a target reference frame image 702 referred to for detecting a motion vector of the target block, and a target frame image 701 being the frame image of the coding target, or based on time information thereof, a correction of scaling the motion vectors 751a, 751b, 751c of the adjacent blocks on the basis of the target reference frame image 702; and a determination of an optimum predicted motion vector based on the motion vectors of the adjacent blocks; and thereby predicting the optimum predicted motion vector after the correction.

Abstract: A video processing system 100 is provided with video encoding device 10 and video decoding device 20. The video encoding device 10 implements backward interframe prediction from a temporally subsequent frame and outputs information indicating that an option to eliminate use of a decoded image of the temporally subsequent frame was chosen. The video decoding device 20 eliminates use of the decoded image of the frame on the basis of this information, in conjunction with input of the information for eliminating use of the decoded image of the temporally subsequent frame.

Abstract: An endoscope configured to operate with a power supply voltage supplied from a processing device connected to the endoscope through a transmission cable is provided. The endoscope includes: a first chip including: an imaging element; and a first buffer configured to externally output an imaging signal generated by the imaging element; and a second chip including a second buffer configured to amplify the imaging signal output from the first buffer and output the amplified imaging signal to the transmission cable. The first buffer is configured to apply a predetermined voltage to the second buffer in a period in which the imaging element does not output the imaging signal to cause the second buffer to output a direct current at a predetermined level to the transmission cable.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to increase efficiency of information compression in coding and decoding. A moving picture encoding apparatus 10 of the present invention has a motion vector predicting part for performing, based on a temporal relation among adjacent reference frame images 703a, 703b, 703c referred to for detecting motion vectors of adjacent blocks adjacent to a coding target block, a target reference frame image 702 referred to for detecting a motion vector of the target block, and a target frame image 701 being the frame image of the coding target, or based on time information thereof, a correction of scaling the motion vectors 751a, 751b, 751c of the adjacent blocks on the basis of the target reference frame image 702; and a determination of an optimum predicted motion vector based on the motion vectors of the adjacent blocks; and thereby predicting the optimum predicted motion vector after the correction.

Abstract: An imaging element includes: a plurality of pixels arranged into a two-dimensional matrix, configured to receive light from outside, and configured to generate and output an imaging signal according to an amount of light received; a first transfer line connected to the pixel and configured to transfer the imaging signal; a pixel selection unit configured to perform a selection operation of selecting a selection target pixel from among the plurality of pixels in order to read the imaging signal out to the first transfer line and a de-selection operation of canceling the selection of the pixel being selected; and control unit configured to control the pixel selection unit. The control unit performs the selection operation of selecting a new selection target pixel after performing the de-selection operation on the basis of a synchronization signal from outside.

Abstract: An imaging device includes: an image sensor including pixels and configured to receive light from outside, and generate and output an imaging signal according to an amount of the received light; a transmission cable connected to the image sensor and configured to propagate the imaging signal; a terminating resistor provided at a terminal of the transmission cable, the terminal resistor including an alternating current terminating resistor with variable resistance and a direct current terminating resistor with variable resistance, and having a constant combined resistance of the direct current terminating resistor and the alternating current terminating resistor; and a control unit configured to perform control to make a resistance of the direct current terminating resistor during a blanking period in which the image sensor does not output the imaging signal higher than that during a normal operation period in which the image sensor outputs the imaging signal.