Patents by Inventor Tomoya Yoneda
Tomoya Yoneda 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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Patent number: 8416473Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2012Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Publication number: 20120281262Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2012Publication date: November 8, 2012Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Patent number: 8248677Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 21, 2012Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Publication number: 20110157440Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2011Publication date: June 30, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Patent number: 7936487Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2010Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Publication number: 20110069358Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2010Publication date: March 24, 2011Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Patent number: 7864384Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2008Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Patent number: 7639297Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is provided, which comprises a plurality of image pickup areas formed on a same semiconductor chip and arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, each image pickup area having a plurality of pixels arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, a plurality of vertical scanning circuits which sequentially scan pixels in the vertical direction to scan a plurality of image pickup areas in the vertical direction independently from each other, a plurality of lenses, at least one of which is provided in each of the plurality of image pickup areas and which focuses light to form an image on the image pickup areas, and a driving circuit which drives the plurality of vertical scanning circuits so that at least a part of a scanning period of each of the plurality of vertical scanning circuits overlaps with each other.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2005Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shunsuke Inoue, Tetsunobu Kochi, Hidekazu Takahashi, Masanori Ogura
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Patent number: 7616355Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2005Date of Patent: November 10, 2009Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Publication number: 20090073291Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2008Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Patent number: 7456882Abstract: An image pickup device includes pixels each including a photoelectric conversion unit and a transfer switch for transferring a photoelectric conversion signal generated by the photoelectric conversion unit, and a driver for applying a pulse to the transfer switch a plurality of times when the signal generated by the photoelectric conversion unit is transferred via the transfer switch.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2000Date of Patent: November 25, 2008Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hiroki Hiyama, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Isamu Ueno, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi, Katsuhito Sakurai, Yuichiro Yamashita, Tomoya Yoneda
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Patent number: 7016089Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2000Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Publication number: 20050270395Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is provided, which comprises a plurality of image pickup areas formed on a same semiconductor chip and arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, each image pickup area having a plurality of pixels arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, a plurality of vertical scanning circuits which sequentially scan pixels in the vertical direction to scan a plurality of image pickup areas in the vertical direction independently from each other, a plurality of lenses, at least one of which is provided in each of the plurality of image pickup areas and which focuses light to form an image on the image pickup areas, and a driving circuit which drives the plurality of vertical scanning circuits so that at least a part of a scanning period of each of the plurality of vertical scanning circuits overlaps with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2005Publication date: December 8, 2005Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shunsuke Inoue, Tetsunobu Kochi, Hidekazu Takahashi, Masanori Ogura
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Patent number: 6952228Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is provided, which comprises a plurality of image pickup areas formed on a same semiconductor chip and arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, each image pickup area having a plurality of pixels arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, a plurality of vertical scanning circuits which sequentially scan pixels in the vertical direction to scan a plurality of image pickup areas in the vertical direction independently from each other, a plurality of lenses, at least one of which is provided in each of the plurality of image pickup areas and which focuses light to form an image on the image pickup areas, and a driving circuit which drives the plurality of vertical scanning circuits so that at least a part of a scanning period of each of the plurality of vertical scanning circuits overlaps with each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2001Date of Patent: October 4, 2005Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shunsuke Inoue, Tetsunobu Kochi, Hidekazu Takahashi, Masanori Ogura
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Publication number: 20050185074Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2005Publication date: August 25, 2005Applicant: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Patent number: 6548798Abstract: An object of the invention is to control a saturation electric charge quantity of a photodiode within a chip, thereby to drive a solid-state image sensing device adequately. The solid-state image sensing device according to the present invention comprises the photodiode as a photo-electric converting device and an overflow drain device controlled corresponding to the saturation electric charge quantity of the photodiode, both of which are provided within the same chip.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 1999Date of Patent: April 15, 2003Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi
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Publication number: 20020096621Abstract: An object of the invention is to control a saturation electric charge quantity of a photodiode within a chip, thereby to drive a solid-state image sensing device adequately. The solid-state image sensing device according to the present invention comprises the photodiode as a photo-electric converting device and an overflow drain device controlled corresponding to the saturation electric charge quantity of the photodiode, both of which are provided within the same chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 1999Publication date: July 25, 2002Inventors: TOMOYA YONEDA, TORU KOIZUMI, TETSUNOBU KOCHI
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Publication number: 20020067416Abstract: An image pickup apparatus is provided, which comprises a plurality of image pickup areas formed on a same semiconductor chip and arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, each image pickup area having a plurality of pixels arranged in the horizontal and the vertical directions, a plurality of vertical scanning circuits which sequentially scan pixels in the vertical direction to scan a plurality of image pickup areas in the vertical direction independently from each other, a plurality of lenses, at least one of which is provided in each of the plurality of image pickup areas and which focuses light to form an image on the image pickup areas, and a driving circuit which drives the plurality of vertical scanning circuits so that at least a part of a scanning period of each of the plurality of vertical scanning circuits overlaps with each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2001Publication date: June 6, 2002Inventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shunsuke Inoue, Tetsunobu Kochi, Hidekazu Takahashi, Masanori Ogura
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Publication number: 20010012133Abstract: To control the potential distribution generated in a well at the time of amplification and reduce a shading in a solid-state imaging device of amplification type, the amplification type solid-state imaging device of the present invention comprises a plurality of picture elements each including photoelectric conversion elements formed in a second conductivity type common well inside a first conductivity type substrate, wherein a plurality of well contacts are disposed inside a picture element array area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 4, 2000Publication date: August 9, 2001Inventors: Tomoya Yoneda, Shigetoshi Sugawa, Toru Koizumi, Tetsunobu Kochi