Patents by Inventor Shinzou Kouyama

Shinzou Kouyama 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: 9466626
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus is disclosed in which, in a first unit cell, light is collected to maximize an amount of light received when the light is incident at a first angle-of-incidence, and in a second unit cell adjacent to the first unit cell, light is collected to maximize an amount of light received when the light is incident at a second angle-of-incidence, the amount of light received when the light is incident at a third angle-of-incidence on the first unit cell is equal to the amount of light received when the light is incident at the third angle-of-incidence on the second unit cell, the first angle-of-incidence is greater than the third angle-of-incidence by a predetermined amount, and the second angle-of-incidence is smaller than the third angle-of-incidence by the predetermined amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinzou Kouyama, Kazutoshi Onozawa
  • Patent number: 9148633
    Abstract: A control unit calculates the color temperature using at least a first visible light signal and a near-infrared signal when the amount of the near-infrared signal is larger than a predetermined amount. The first visible light signal is a signal generated by photoelectrically converting visible light. The near-infrared signal is a signal generated by photoelectrically converting near-infrared light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinzou Kouyama, Kazutoshi Onozawa, Yoshihisa Kato
  • Publication number: 20140191356
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus is disclosed in which, in a first unit cell, light is collected to maximize an amount of light received when the light is incident at a first angle-of-incidence, and in a second unit cell adjacent to the first unit cell, light is collected to maximize an amount of light received when the light is incident at a second angle-of-incidence, the amount of light received when the light is incident at a third angle-of-incidence on the first unit cell is equal to the amount of light received when the light is incident at the third angle-of-incidence on the second unit cell, the first angle-of-incidence is greater than the third angle-of-incidence by a predetermined amount, and the second angle-of-incidence is smaller than the third angle-of-incidence by the predetermined amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Shinzou KOUYAMA, Kazutoshi ONOZAWA
  • Publication number: 20130002882
    Abstract: The image-capturing device according to the present invention includes a solid-state imaging element, an infrared LED which emits infrared light, a light-emission controlling unit which causes the infrared LED to emit infrared pulsed light on a per frame time basis, and a signal processing unit which extracts, from the solid-state imaging element, a color visible-light image signal in synchronization with a non-emitting period and an infrared image signal in synchronization with an emitting period of the infrared LED. The solid-state imaging element includes an image-capturing region in which unit-arrays are two-dimensionally arranged, and each of the unit-arrays has a pixel for receiving green visible light and infrared light, a pixel for receiving red visible light and infrared light, a pixel for receiving blue visible light and infrared light, and a pixel for receiving infrared light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazutoshi ONOZAWA, Yoshihisa Kato, Shinzou Kouyama
  • Patent number: 8243176
    Abstract: A solid-state image sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate 22; a plurality of pixels 23 arranged on the semiconductor substrate 22 and respectively including photoelectric conversion regions 24; and an isolation region 25 electrically isolating the pixels 23 from one another. The first pixel 31 includes a first photoelectric conversion region 32 and a first color filter 41 having a peak of its optical transmission in a first wavelength range. The second pixel 34 adjacent to the first pixel 31 includes a second photoelectric conversion region 35 and a second color filter 42 having peaks in its optical transmission in the first wavelength range and a second wavelength range including shorter wavelengths than the first wavelength range. A portion 33 of a deep portion of the first photoelectric conversion region 32 extends across the isolation region 25 to reach a portion under the second photoelectric conversion region 35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Yusuke Otake, Mitsuyoshi Mori, Shinzou Kouyama, Toru Okino
  • Publication number: 20100220228
    Abstract: A solid-state image sensor includes: a semiconductor substrate 22; a plurality of pixels 23 arranged on the semiconductor substrate 22 and respectively including photoelectric conversion regions 24; and an isolation region 25 electrically isolating the pixels 23 from one another. The first pixel 31 includes a first photoelectric conversion region 32 and a first color filter 41 having a peak of its optical transmission in a first wavelength range. The second pixel 34 adjacent to the first pixel 31 includes a second photoelectric conversion region 35 and a second color filter 42 having peaks in its optical transmission in the first wavelength range and a second wavelength range including shorter wavelengths than the first wavelength range. A portion 33 of a deep portion of the first photoelectric conversion region 32 extends across the isolation region 25 to reach a portion under the second photoelectric conversion region 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Inventors: Yusuke Otake, Mitsuyoshi Mori, Shinzou Kouyama, Toru Okino