Patents by Inventor Shinichi OHSAWA

Shinichi OHSAWA 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).

  • Patent number: 9007496
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a signal level comparing circuit. The signal level comparing circuit compares the levels among the signals of first peripheral pixels, the levels among the signals of second peripheral pixels, the levels among the signals of third peripheral pixels. The first peripheral pixels are arranged with the pixels for colors other than the color for the target pixel interposed between the first peripheral pixels and the target pixel. The second peripheral pixels are disposed on extension lines in directions from the target pixel to the first peripheral pixels, and the third peripheral pixels are disposed between the second peripheral pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi Ohsawa, Junichi Hosokawa, Yuki Koguchi, Masahiko Nozaki
  • Publication number: 20150070545
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an image sensor including a valid pixel area having valid pixels and a light-blocking pixel area having light-blocking pixels to generate an image signal; and a clamp circuit that detects an overflow of a signal charge and executes a black level signal processing for the image signal using a parameter. The clamp circuit detects the overflow using an integration value of the signals of the light-blocking pixels integrated in a direction from the light-blocking pixel area to the valid area, and sets the parameter generated from the output signals of the light-blocking pixels substantially not influenced by the overflow based on a result of the detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Shinichi OHSAWA, Junichi Hosokawa
  • Publication number: 20150002706
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a signal level comparing circuit. The signal level comparing circuit compares the levels among the signals of first peripheral pixels, the levels among the signals of second peripheral pixels, the levels among the signals of third peripheral pixels. The first peripheral pixels are arranged with the pixels for colors other than the color for the target pixel interposed between the first peripheral pixels and the target pixel. The second peripheral pixels are disposed on extension lines in directions from the target pixel to the first peripheral pixels, and the third peripheral pixels are disposed between the second peripheral pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shinichi OHSAWA, Junichi HOSOKAWA, Yuki KOGUCHI, Masahiko NOZAKI