Patents by Inventor Takumi Kajihara

Takumi Kajihara 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: 8957996
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in the form of a matrix; a pixel signal reading unit performing reading of a pixel signal in a signal line from the pixel unit in the unit of plural pixels, and performing column signal processing with respect to an input signal; and an evaluation pattern generation unit receiving a control signal and a signal line interception signal and generating a pseudo-evaluation pattern according to the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takumi Kajihara, Junichi Inutsuka
  • Publication number: 20110279724
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device includes: a pixel unit in which a plurality of pixels that perform photoelectric conversion are arranged in the form of a matrix; a pixel signal reading unit performing reading of a pixel signal in a signal line from the pixel unit in the unit of plural pixels, and performing column signal processing with respect to an input signal; and an evaluation pattern generation unit receiving a control signal and a signal line interception signal and generating a pseudo-evaluation pattern according to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takumi Kajihara, Junichi Inutsuka