Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a substrate including a first surface and a second surface that is opposed to the first surface; a first through-wiring that penetrates from the first surface of the substrate to the second surface of the substrate and through which electric charge is to be transferred; an electroconductive body formed in the substrate and along a periphery of a side surface of the first through-wiring with a dielectric body being interposed between the electroconductive body and the side surface; and a voltage supply circuit that supplies the electroconductive body with a voltage that causes a voltage difference between the first through-wiring and the electroconductive body to be small, when the electric charge is to be transferred to the first through-wiring.

Abstract: There is provided an image sensor including a first substrate including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of vertical signal lines and a plurality of first wiring layers and a second substrate including a plurality of second wiring layers. The first and second substrates are secured together between the pluralities of first and second wiring layers. First pads are provided between one of the plurality of first wiring layers and one of the plurality of second wiring layers and second pads are provided between another of the plurality of first wiring layers and another of the plurality of second wiring layers. First vias and second vias connect the first pads and the one of the plurality of first wiring layers and the one of the plurality of second wiring layers together.

Abstract: There is provided an image sensor including a first substrate including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of vertical signal lines and a plurality of first wiring layers and a second substrate including a plurality of second wiring layers. The first and second substrates are secured together between the pluralities of first and second wiring layers. First pads are provided between one of the plurality of first wiring layers and one of the plurality of second wiring layers and second pads are provided between another of the plurality of first wiring layers and another of the plurality of second wiring layers. First vias and second vias connect the first pads and the one of the plurality of first wiring layers and the one of the plurality of second wiring layers together.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of imaging elements 10. Each of the imaging elements 10 includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions PD arrayed in a first direction and a second direction; a floating diffusion layer FD shared by the photoelectric conversion regions PD; a transfer control electrode TG; a first charge transfer control electrode CG that controls charge transfer between the photoelectric conversion regions PD arrayed in the first direction; and a second charge transfer control electrode CG that controls charge transfer between the photoelectric conversion regions PD arrayed in the second direction.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to determine a type of a document read by a scanner, set a top-bottom determination method based on the type of the document, and determine a top-bottom orientation of a target image by the top-bottom determination method. The target image is obtained by reading the document with the scanner.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to determine a type of a document read by a scanner, set a top-bottom determination method based on the type of the document, and determine a top-bottom orientation of a target image by the top-bottom determination method. The target image is obtained by reading the document with the scanner.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to determine a type of a document based on a determination result of a character area and a non-character area in an input image of the document; select a model to be used in top-bottom determination from a plurality of models based on the type of the document; reduce the input image, to generate a reduced image; and cut out a part of the input image as a partial image. The circuitry outputs a top-bottom determination result of the input image using the selected model and one of the reduced image and the partial image corresponding to the model.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes circuitry. The circuitry generates a binary image having area gradation or a scaled image having area gradation from an image read by a scanner. The circuitry outputs classification of the binary image or the scaled image according to a neural network model learned in advance.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus includes circuitry to determine a type of a document based on a determination result of a character area and a non-character area in an input image of the document; select a model to be used in top-bottom determination from a plurality of models based on the type of the document; reduce the input image, to generate a reduced image; and cut out a part of the input image as a partial image. The circuitry outputs a top-bottom determination result of the input image using the selected model and one of the reduced image and the partial image corresponding to the model.

Abstract: An imaging device includes a plurality of imaging elements 10. Each of the imaging elements 10 includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions PD arrayed in a first direction and a second direction; a floating diffusion layer FD shared by the photoelectric conversion regions PD; a transfer control electrode TG; a first charge transfer control electrode CG that controls charge transfer between the photoelectric conversion regions PD arrayed in the first direction; and a second charge transfer control electrode CG that controls charge transfer between the photoelectric conversion regions PD arrayed in the second direction.

Abstract: There is provided an image sensor including a first substrate including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of vertical signal lines and a plurality of first wiring layers and a second substrate including a plurality of second wiring layers. The first and second substrates are secured together between the pluralities of first and second wiring layers. First pads are provided between one of the plurality of first wiring layers and one of the plurality of second wiring layers and second pads are provided between another of the plurality of first wiring layers and another of the plurality of second wiring layers. First vias and second vias connect the first pads and the one of the plurality of first wiring layers and the one of the plurality of second wiring layers together.

Abstract: An image processing apparatus, system, method, and control program stored in a non-transitory recording medium are provided each of which obtains image data of a document; determines an arrangement pattern of each of a plurality of character strings in the image data, based on positional relationship of the plurality of character strings; and generates a text data file including the plurality of character strings each being arranged according to the arrangement pattern that is determined.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device is provided which comprises a photoelectric conversion element, a floating diffusion, a first capacitor, a first terminal, a second capacitor, a comparator, and a second terminal. The first capacitor is connected at one terminal to the floating diffusion. The first terminal is connected to the other terminal of the first capacitor, and a reference voltage of which the voltage value falls to a predetermined minimum and then rises to a predetermined maximum, is inputted to the first terminal. The second capacitor is connected at one terminal to the floating diffusion. The comparator has the other terminal of the second capacitor connected to its input and compares the potential on the floating diffusion and a threshold. The second terminal is connected to the output of the comparator, and the comparing result of the comparator is outputted via the second terminal.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a solid-state image pickup device according to an embodiment, the method including: resetting a potential of a floating diffusion shared by a plurality of photodiodes; sequentially transferring signal charges, which are photoelectrically converted by the photodiodes, to the floating diffusion in which the potential is reset, in a sequence allocated to the photodiodes, thereby accumulating the transferred signal charges in the floating diffusion; performing a sampling operation on a voltage signal corresponding to the potential of the floating diffusion every time when the signal charge is completely transferred to the floating diffusion from the photodiode; and calculating the voltage signal corresponding to the signal charge transferred to the floating diffusion for each of the photodiodes, based on a difference between two of the voltage signals which are continuously subjected to the sampling operation.

Abstract: The method includes the steps of assigning entered attribution information including material and thickness of a sheet metal to a specified solid model, assigning entered designation information for designating an open plane and a bending portion to the solid model, obtaining a minimum radius of curvature at the bending portion from the material and the thickness of the sheet metal, generating a downsized model defined by the designated open plane and a plurality of planes that are generated by moving a plurality of planes of the solid model except the open plane inward in parallel by a distance that is a sum of the thickness of the sheet metal and the minimum radius of curvature, generating inner wall surfaces by moving a plurality of surfaces of the downsized model except for the open plane outward in parallel by a distance that is equal to the minimum radius of curvature, generating plate portions by a projection process in which the inner wall surfaces are further moved outward in parallel by a distance t

Abstract: The method includes the steps of assigning entered attribution information including material and thickness of a sheet metal to a specified solid model, assigning entered designation information for designating an open plane and a bending portion to the solid model, obtaining a minimum radius of curvature at the bending portion from the material and the thickness of the sheet metal, generating a downsized model defined by the designated open plane and a plurality of planes that are generated by moving a plurality of planes of the solid model except the open plane inward in parallel by a distance that is a sum of the thickness of the sheet metal and the minimum radius of curvature, generating inner wall surfaces by moving a plurality of surfaces of the downsized model except for the open plane outward in parallel by a distance that is equal to the minimum radius of curvature, generating plate portions by a projection process in which the inner wall surfaces are further moved outward in parallel by a distance t