Patents by Inventor Seijiro Sakane
Seijiro Sakane 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).
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Publication number: 20230199340Abstract: Provided is an imaging device capable of suppressing an influence of reflecting condition of disturbance light and irradiation light from a light projecting section, and the like. An imaging device according to the present disclosure includes: an imaging section in which pixels that photoelectrically convert entering light reflected from a measurement object are arranged, the imaging section detecting that amounts of change in luminance of the pixels have exceeded a predetermined threshold as events; and an event suppression section that removes an event having position information outside a range of an upper limit setting value and a lower limit setting value of an expected position from among the events detected by the imaging section as an unnecessary event.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventor: SEIJIRO SAKANE
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Publication number: 20220390383Abstract: Provided is an imaging device including: an imaging unit (130) that generates a one frame image by sequentially receiving each reflected light reflected by a subject by intermittently and sequentially irradiating the subject with each irradiation light having a different wavelength according to a position of the moving subject, temporarily and sequentially holding signal information based on the reflected light of each wavelength, and collectively reading the held signal information; and a combining unit (140) that generates a combined image by cutting a subject image corresponding to the reflected light of each wavelength from the one frame image and superimposing a plurality of the cut subject images.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2020Publication date: December 8, 2022Inventor: SEIJIRO SAKANE
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Patent number: 11146753Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of analog-digital conversion units that performs parallel processing on a signal of each pixel output in units of a plurality of pixel rows from a pixel array unit in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arranged, and converts the signal into a digital signal; a plurality of reference voltage generation units that is provided corresponding to the plurality of analog-digital conversion units and generates a reference voltage used for AD conversion; a voltage setting unit that sets a plurality of pixel voltage levels and outputs the plurality of pixel voltage levels through each of the plurality of analog-digital conversion units; and a computing unit that calculates a correction amount for performing correction on a result of the AD conversion of the signal of each pixel of the pixel array unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Shimura, Seijiro Sakane
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Publication number: 20210006740Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a plurality of analog-digital conversion units that performs parallel processing on a signal of each pixel output in units of a plurality of pixel rows from a pixel array unit in which pixels including photoelectric conversion units are arranged, and converts the signal into a digital signal; a plurality of reference voltage generation units that is provided corresponding to the plurality of analog-digital conversion units and generates a reference voltage used for AD conversion; a voltage setting unit that sets a plurality of pixel voltage levels and outputs the plurality of pixel voltage levels through each of the plurality of analog-digital conversion units; and a computing unit that calculates a correction amount for performing correction on a result of the AD conversion of the signal of each pixel of the pixel array unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2019Publication date: January 7, 2021Inventors: MASAHIRO SHIMURA, SEIJIRO SAKANE
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Patent number: 10623669Abstract: An image capturing control apparatus includes a control unit and a plurality of image processing units. The control unit is configured to perform a read-out control of an image capturing unit such that image signals are read out in parallel, the image signals generated under different image capturing conditions for every pixel line group of a plurality of pixel lines of the image capturing unit. The plurality of image processing units are configured to process the image signals read out from the image capturing unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2015Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Seijiro Sakane
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Patent number: 10091430Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array unit in which there are arrayed in a matrix form a plurality of pixels including a plurality of normal pixels which are pixels for video output, and a plurality of phase difference pixels which are pixels for focal-point detection; an A/D conversion unit configured to compare pixel signals output from the pixels of the pixel array unit with a ramp signal serving as a reference signal, thereby performing A/D conversion on the pixel signals; and a control unit configured to perform control so that the ramp signal to be compared with the phase difference pixels has a different slope from that of the ramp signal to be compared with at least a part of the normal pixels.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 2, 2018Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Seijiro Sakane
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Publication number: 20180234645Abstract: An image capturing control apparatus includes a control unit and a plurality of image processing units. The control unit is configured to perform a read-out control of an image capturing unit such that image signals are read out in parallel, the image signals generated under different image capturing conditions for every pixel line group of a plurality of pixel lines of the image capturing unit. The plurality of image processing units are configured to process the image signals read out from the image capturing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2015Publication date: August 16, 2018Inventor: SEIJIRO SAKANE
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Patent number: 9060129Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a control unit that performs subject recognition. The control unit recognizes a first subject, decides a first subject recommendation position for the first subject in a screen from among a plurality of subject recommendation positions, displays a first specific display object at the decided first subject recommendation position, determines whether a distance between a position of the first subject and the first subject recommendation position is within a predetermined value, and decides a second subject recommendation position for a second subject in the screen from among the plurality of subject recommendation positions and displays a second specific display object at the second subject recommendation position when the distance is within the predetermined value.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Seijiro Sakane
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Patent number: 8830369Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel array block configured to get image data by photoelectrically converting light; a register group configured to store information associated with processing of the image sensor; and a parallel interface configured to output the image data to outside in parallel output; wherein the parallel interface further outputs a register value group stored in the register group to outside when the image data is not being outputted to outside.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2012Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Seijiro Sakane
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Publication number: 20140232913Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel array unit in which there are arrayed in a matrix form a plurality of pixels including a plurality of normal pixels which are pixels for video output, and a plurality of phase difference pixels which are pixels for focal-point detection; an A/D conversion unit configured to compare pixel signals output from the pixels of the pixel array unit with a ramp signal serving as a reference signal, thereby performing A/D conversion on the pixel signals; and a control unit configured to perform control so that the ramp signal to be compared with the phase difference pixels has a different slope from that of the ramp signal to be compared with at least a part of the normal pixels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2014Publication date: August 21, 2014Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: SEIJIRO SAKANE
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Publication number: 20130258159Abstract: There is provided an imaging device including a control unit that performs subject recognition. The control unit recognizes a first subject, decides a first subject recommendation position for the first subject in a screen from among a plurality of subject recommendation positions, displays a first specific display object at the decided first subject recommendation position, determines whether a distance between a position of the first subject and the first subject recommendation position is within a predetermined value, and decides a second subject recommendation position for a second subject in the screen from among the plurality of subject recommendation positions and displays a second specific display object at the second subject recommendation position when the distance is within the predetermined value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Seijiro Sakane
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Publication number: 20120120295Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel array block configured to get image data by photoelectrically converting light; a register group configured to store information associated with processing of the image sensor; and a parallel interface configured to output the image data to outside in parallel output; wherein the parallel interface further outputs a register value group stored in the register group to outside when the image data is not being outputted to outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2012Publication date: May 17, 2012Applicant: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Seijiro SAKANE
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Patent number: 8106986Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel array block configured to get image data by photoelectrically converting light; a register group configured to store information associated with processing of the image sensor; and a parallel interface configured to output the image data to outside in parallel output; wherein the parallel interface further outputs a register value group stored in the register group to outside when the image data is not being outputted to outside.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Seijiro Sakane
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Publication number: 20090284633Abstract: An image sensor includes: a pixel array block configured to get image data by photoelectrically converting light; a register group configured to store information associated with processing of the image sensor; and a parallel interface configured to output the image data to outside in parallel output; wherein the parallel interface further outputs a register value group stored in the register group to outside when the image data is not being outputted to outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 24, 2009Publication date: November 19, 2009Applicant: Sony CorporationInventor: Seijiro SAKANE