With Color Filter Or Operation According To Color Filter Patents (Class 348/273)
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Patent number: 10930046Abstract: An embodiment of a parallel processor apparatus may include a sample pattern selector to select a sample pattern for a pixel, and a sample pattern subset selector communicatively coupled to the sample pattern selector to select a first subset of the sample pattern for the pixel corresponding to a left eye display frame and to select a second subset of the sample pattern for the pixel corresponding to a right eye display frame, wherein the second subset is different from the first subset. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Nikos Kaburlasos, Joydeep Ray, John H. Feit, Travis T. Schluessler, Jacek Kwiatkowski, Philip R. Laws
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Patent number: 10918465Abstract: The invention provides a three-dimensional object scanning device using structured lights and method using the same. A combination of specific monochrome light sources is used to construct the content of the structured lights to form a predetermined image, which is projected to the three-dimensional object such as an intraoral object. The combination of blue and green lights effectively eliminates reflective interference of the red or white environment within the intraoral space. Default patterns of the predetermined image are distinguished from one another by using well designed arrangement of color blocks so that specific coding information of location may be embedded and exploited.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Qisda CorporationInventor: Po-Fu Wu
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Patent number: 10874293Abstract: An endoscope device includes a light source which generates visible light and excitation light, an imaging unit, an arithmetic unit which generates a visible light image signal according to a first signal and a fluorescence image signal according to a second signal and a third signal, and a switching unit. The imaging unit includes an excitation light, cut filter, a first image sensor, and a second image sensor. The excitation light cut filter transmits the visible light and fluorescence, and filters out the excitation light. A plurality of first photodiodes included in the first image sensor generate the first signal according to the visible light and a second signal according to the fluorescence. A plurality of second photodiodes included in the second image sensor generate the third signal according to the fluorescence transmitted through the plurality of first photodiodes.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Shuichi Kato
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Patent number: 10868068Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device that can further reduce the influence the film stress generated in an upper electrode has on a photoelectric conversion film, a method of manufacturing the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic apparatus. A solid-state imaging device includes: a photoelectric conversion film formed on the upper side of a semiconductor substrate; and two or more light shielding films formed at positions higher than the photoelectric conversion film with respect to the semiconductor substrate. The present technology can be applied to solid-state imaging devices, electronic apparatuses, and the like, for example.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Sony CorporationInventor: Kenichi Murata
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Patent number: 10867367Abstract: An image sensor includes first and second pixels to generate a first electric signal from white illumination light and second electric signals from narrow band illumination light, respectively. Density of the first pixels is higher than density of each color components of the second pixels. An image processing apparatus is configured to: interpolate the first electric signal based on the first pixels surrounding the second pixels to generate an interpolated electric signal; calculate a difference between the interpolated electric signal and the second electric signals to generate a color difference signal; discriminate an interpolation direction based on the color difference signal to interpolate a missing color difference signal at each pixel position, thereby generating an interpolated color difference signal; and generate the second electric signals to be generated by the second pixels, based on the interpolated color difference signal and the interpolated electric signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroshi Sasaki
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Patent number: 10867575Abstract: An image display apparatus and a method thereof. The image display apparatus includes: a display; a processor; a memory including a first buffer and a second buffer; and at least one program stored in the memory and executed by the processor. The instructions included in the program cause the processor to perform graphics processing on a first image, convert an attribute of the graphics-processed first image, generate an on screen display (OSD) image and control the memory to store the OSD image in the second buffer, perform image quality processing on the first image of which the attribute is converted, and control the display to display the image-quality-processed first image and the OSD image.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hyun-soo Lee
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Patent number: 10861886Abstract: An image sensor including a light source configured to emit an optical signal to a target object, and a pixel array including a first pixel configured to generate pixel signals based on the optical signal reflected from the target object, the first pixel including a first photo gate group having at least two photo gates that are configured to receive first gate signals with a first phase difference from the optical signal in a time interval and a second photo gate group having at least two photo gates configured to receive second gate signals with a second phase difference from the optical signal in the time interval, may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Young-gu Jin, Tae-sub Jung, Young-chan Kim
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Patent number: 10853909Abstract: The present invention relates to an image processing apparatus which determines an order for calculating output image pixels that maximally reuses data in a local memory for computing all relevant output image pixels. Thus, the same set of data is re-used until it is no longer necessary. Output image pixel locations are browsed to determine pixel values in an order imposed by available input data, rather than in an order imposed by pixel positions in the output image. Consequently, the amount of storage required for local memory as well as the number of input image read requests and data read from memory containing the input image is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: FotoNation LimitedInventor: Dan Nicula
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Patent number: 10855959Abstract: An image sensing device includes a pixel array of a 4×4 pixel unit including first to fourth sub-pixel arrays of 2×2 pixels. The first and second sub-pixel arrays are arranged in a first diagonal direction, and the third and fourth sub-pixel arrays are arranged in a second diagonal direction intersecting the first diagonal direction. The first and second sub-pixel arrays have a first color pattern, and the third and fourth sub-pixel arrays have second and third color patterns, respectively, and each of the first to third color patterns includes two or more colors.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: SK hynix Inc.Inventors: Su-Ram Cha, Tae-Hyun Kim, Seong-Hee Park, Chang-Hee Pyeoun
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Patent number: 10853913Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for processing color information are described. The method may include receiving a first set of image data collected at an image sensor based on a first color filter array having a first filter pattern, calculating a color saturation gradient based on the first set of image data, and calculating multiple color gradients based on the color saturation gradient. The multiple color gradients may each be associated with a region of the first set of image data, where each color gradient characterizes a color variation along a different direction of the region. The method may include generating a second set of image data including a color value for the region based on comparing a first direction gradient of the multiple color gradients with a second direction gradient of the multiple color gradients. Color values associated with the regions may be mapped to a second color filter array.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Qualcomm IncorporatedInventors: Shang-Chih Chuang, Jing Wang, Xiaoyun Jiang
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Patent number: 10833102Abstract: Devices and methods of a transistor device that include a flexible memory cell. The flexible memory cell having a gate stack with sidewalls provided over a substrate. The gate stack including a metal gate layer provided over the substrate. A buffer layer provided over the metal gate layer. A ferroelectric layer provided over the buffer layer. A dielectric layer provided over the ferroelectric layer. Further, a two-dimensional (2D) material layer provided over a portion of a top surface of the dielectric layer. Source and drain regions provided on separate portions of the top surface of the dielectric layer so as to create a cavity that the 2D material layer are located.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Koon Hoo Teo, Pin-Chun Shen, Chungwei Lin
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Patent number: 10798311Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for reducing spatial flicker artifacts in high dynamic range images produced from multiple image captures with differing integration times. The method and apparatus may comprise, in the image captures, measuring pixel intensity selecting pixels with a predetermined intensity thresholds, calculating a ratio based on a channel selection, normalizing the calculated ratio to an ideal ratio, and applying the normalized ratio to corresponding image pixels in a second image capture to produce a flicker-free image.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 6, 2020Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Manjunath Somayaji, Rohit Ranade
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Patent number: 10783608Abstract: The invention relates to the processing operation of interpolating the colours of a Bayer mosaic image sensor. A first elementary matrix filter, which is a bilinear interpolation filter, of size m×m, m being an odd number larger than or equal to 3, a low-pass matrix filter of size n×n, n being an odd number larger than or equal to 3, and a high-pass matrix filter, complementary to the low-pass filter, of size n×n, are defined. The first matrix filter is convoluted with the low-pass filter, resulting in a low-frequency interpolation filter of size (m+n?1)×(m+n?1), and the first matrix filter is convoluted with the high-pass filter, resulting in a high-frequency interpolation filter of size (m+n?1)×(m+n?1). The matrix of digital signals arising from the pixels is filtered separately, using the pixels of each colour, by the low-frequency interpolation filter. The complete matrix of signals is filtered using the high-frequency interpolation filter.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2016Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: TELEDYNE E2V SEMICONDUCTORS SASInventor: Bruno Diasparra
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Patent number: 10750084Abstract: [Object] To estimate lens information with no change in photographing conditions. [Solution] An image processing apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a positional displacement estimation unit configured to estimate positional displacement between a plurality of input images obtained by photographing an identical photographic subject; an alignment processing unit configured to align positions of the plurality of input images on the basis of the estimated positional displacement; and a lens information estimation unit configured to estimate information of a lens used to photograph the input image depending on a model indicating a deterioration component of the lens on the basis of the aligned input images.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2017Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventors: Haruka Asai, Akira Matsui, Hideho Une
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Patent number: 10728473Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an imaging control method, an imaging device and a non-volatile computer-readable storage medium.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Zhengtao Zhao
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Patent number: 10698698Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure are directed to a method, a system, and an article for reducing start-up times for software applications. An example computer-implemented method can include: initiating a software application on a client device; downloading on the client device an initial portion of data configured to render an operable version of the software application; providing the operable version of the software application on the client device; downloading on the client device a remaining portion of data configured to render a complete version of the software application; and providing the complete version of the software application on the client device.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: MZ IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Brendan Seaman, Sebastian Plehn
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Patent number: 10694169Abstract: In some embodiments, an image sensor structure includes a super-pixel sensor comprising a plurality of micro-pixel sensors. The image sensor structure includes a plurality of micro-lenses affixed to focus light on the plurality of micro-pixel sensors. In some embodiments, each micro-lens of the plurality of micro-lenses directs light to locations on a respective one or more of the plurality of micro-pixel sensors. In some embodiments, the image sensor structure includes one or more color filters affixed at locations for filtering light directed by the micro-lenses to a first set of color image micro-pixel sensors comprising one or more of the plurality of micro-pixel sensors for capturing color image data and one or more polarization filters affixed at locations for filtering light directed by the micro-lenses to a second set of polarization micro-pixel sensors comprising one or more of the plurality of micro-pixel sensors for capturing depth map data.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Richard J. Topliss, Albert A. Ho, Thomas M. Gregory, Ning Y. Chan, Richard H. Tsai
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Patent number: 10674068Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a dual-core focusing image sensor, a focusing control method for the same and an electronic device. The dual-core focusing image sensor includes an array of photosensitive pixels, an array of filter units arranged on the array of photosensitive pixels and an array of micro lenses arranged above the array of filter units. The array of micro lenses includes at least one first micro lens and a plurality of second micro lenses, each second micro lens is corresponding to one photosensitive pixel, each first micro lens is corresponding to one focusing photosensitive unit, each focusing photosensitive unit includes N*N photosensitive pixels, and at least a part of the focusing photosensitive unit is covered by a white filter unit, where N is an even number greater than or equal to 2.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Dan Ouyang
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Patent number: 10674098Abstract: An imaging system has an imager comprising a plurality of jots. A readout circuit is in electrical communication with the imager. The readout circuit can be configured to facilitate the formation of an image by defining neighborhoods of the jots, wherein a local density of exposed jots within a neighborhood is used to generate a digital value for a pixel of the image.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 2, 2020Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventor: Eric R. Fossum
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Patent number: 10666873Abstract: An image processing device for generating an output image front an input image of a scene, the input image being the first image and the output image being the second image, the output image corresponds to an exposure that is different from an exposure of the input image, the image processing device comprising an intensity transformer that is configured to determine one or more intensities of an output pixel of the output image based on an input patch around an input pixel of the input image that corresponds to the output pixel.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2018Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Fahd Bouzaraa, Onay Urfalioglu
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Patent number: 10660204Abstract: A device for fixing a camera module, comprising: a base part; and a fixing unit including a first fixing part for supporting one side of each of a plurality of boards, and a second fixing part for supporting the other side facing one side of each of the plurality of boards, wherein the plurality of first fixing parts extends in a first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts protruding in the direction perpendicular to the first direction in order to support one side of each of the plurality of boards, and the plurality of second fixing parts extends in the first direction from the base part, and includes a plurality of protruding parts for supporting the other side of each of the plurality of boards.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwang Sung Kim, Ji Hwan Park, Yong Tae Park, Beom Seok Yu
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Patent number: 10658413Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a lower insulating layer on a lower substrate, a lower pad structure inside the lower insulating layer, an upper insulating layer on the lower insulating layer, an upper pad structure inside the upper insulating layer, and an upper substrate on the upper insulating layer. A via plug passes through at least a portion of each of the upper substrate, the upper insulating layer, and the lower insulating layer, and in contact with the upper pad structure and the lower pad structure. The upper pad structure includes upper pad conductive layers and an upper connection layer between the upper pad conductive layers. The upper connection layer includes a conductive pattern having a shape different from a shape of at least one of the upper pad conductive layers. The via plug is in direct contact with the upper pad conductive layers and the upper connection layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sun Woo Park, Sun Hyun Kim, Ho Woo Park, Eung Kyu Lee, Chang Keun Lee, Hisanori Ihara
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Patent number: 10643340Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and a device for acquiring depth information, as well as a gesture recognition apparatus. The method includes: projecting an infrared spectrum to a target object; collecting the infrared spectrum reflected by the target object at different positions and generating a first infrared image and a second infrared image respectively; and processing the first infrared image and the second infrared image on a basis of infrared spectrum response characteristics to acquire the depth information of the target object.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Pengpeng Wang, Haisheng Wang, Xiaoliang Ding, Chih-Jen Cheng, Yanling Han, Wei Liu, Xueyou Cao, Ping Zhang
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Patent number: 10623675Abstract: An image sensor according to some example embodiments includes a pixel array unit including a plurality of transmission signal lines and a plurality of output signal lines, and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of transmission signal lines and the plurality of output signal lines. Each of the plurality of pixels includes a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, which are configured to detect and photoelectrically convert incident light. The plurality of pixels include at least one autofocusing pixel and at least one normal pixel.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung Ho Lee
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Patent number: 10616515Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state imaging device, a method for driving the solid-state imaging device, and an electronic device capable of improving auto-focusing accuracy by using a phase difference signal obtained by using a photoelectric conversion film. The solid-state imaging device includes a pixel including a photoelectric conversion portion having a structure where a photoelectric conversion film is interposed by an upper electrode on the photoelectric conversion film and a lower electrode under the photoelectric conversion film. The upper electrode is divided into a first upper electrode and a second upper electrode. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a solid-state imaging device or the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Keisuke Hatano, Fumihiko Koga, Tetsuji Yamaguchi, Shinichiro Izawa
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Patent number: 10614561Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for enhancing a low-illumination image based on a camera response characteristic, including: selecting an exposure model and obtaining a camera response equation model corresponding thereto; determining a parameter of the camera response equation model; estimating an exposure ratio of a multi-exposure image sequence to be generated to an original image so as to generate the multi-exposure image sequence; and performing image fusion on multi-exposure images to obtain an enhanced image with a better visual effect and less distortion. The method can solve the problem that existing low-illumination image enhancement algorithms introduce more artificial traces while enhancing images, and can obtain the enhanced image with the better visual effect and less distortion, thereby obtaining the enhanced image preserving naturalness.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2017Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: PEKING UNIVERSITY SHENZHEN GRADUATE SCHOOLInventors: Ge Li, Zhenqiang Ying, Yurui Ren
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Patent number: 10580170Abstract: This disclosure relates to processing colour images to reconstruct hyperspectral images from the colour images. An image processor determines an output hyperspectral image by determining for each point of the output hyperspectral image a combination of multiple hyperspectral prototype components to correspond the output hyperspectral image to the input image. Each of the multiple hyperspectral prototype components comprises multiple component values associated with respective wavelengths and each of the multiple component values is based on multiple points of training image data associated with the wavelength of that component value. Since the component values are based on multiple points of the training image, relationships between points in the training image, such as texture, can be used to reconstruct the hyperspectral image data, which leads to a more robust and more accurate reconstruction.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: National ICT Australia LimitedInventor: Antonio Robles-Kelly
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Patent number: 10572974Abstract: A method for demosaicing a raw image includes: (1) horizontally-interpolating a green channel formed of primary pixel-values Bg(x,y)g to yield a horizontally-interpolated green channel that includes both Bg(x,y)g and non-primary pixel-values Igh(x,y)r,b; (2) modifying each Igh(x,y)r,b, by horizontally-neighboring pixel-values, to yield a refined horizontally-interpolated green channel; (3) vertically-interpolating the green channel to yield a vertically-interpolated green channel that includes pixel-values Igv(x,y)r,b; (4) modifying each Igv(x,y)r,b by vertically-neighboring pixel-values, to yield a refined vertically-interpolated green channel; (5) generating a full-resolution green channel from the refined interpolated green channels and gradients thereof; (6) generating a full-resolution red channel by determining red pixel-values from a local-red mean value of neighboring pixel-values and the full-resolution green channel; (7) generating a full-resolution blue channel by determining pixel-values from a loType: GrantFiled: April 11, 2018Date of Patent: February 25, 2020Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Sarvesh Swami, Yubo Duan, Chengming Liu
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Patent number: 10551664Abstract: In a color display device, when using white (W) sub-pixels in addition to subpixels of red (R) and green (G) plus blue (B) without increasing a wiring line number, the per-color pixel number in a unit area decreases so that the image resolution is deteriorated. The area and number of subpixels are adjusted in accordance with the visual sensitivity or luminosity required. Practically, the area of red (R) and blue (B) subpixels which are relatively low in luminosity is set to be about two times greater than the area of green (G) and white (W) subpixels that are relatively high in luminosity while letting the number of green (G) and white (W) subpixels be twice the number of red (R) and blue (B) subpixels. A larger subpixel is configured from a plurality of unit subpixels. A smaller subpixel is formed of a one unit subpixel.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shoichi Hirota, Shinichi Komura, Yoshifumi Sekiguchi, Tsunenori Yamamoto, Masaya Adachi
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Patent number: 10554920Abstract: An image processing apparatus having a plurality of Bayer arrays each including 4 pixels sharing a common electrode connected to a vertical signal line wherein: each of the pixels has a pixel electrode connected to a horizontal signal line; and the location of each of the horizontal signal lines and the location of each of the pixel electrodes each connected to one of the horizontal signal lines are determined so that the locations in a neighboring Bayer array are a mirror image of counterpart locations in another Bayer array adjacent to the neighboring Bayer array.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 4, 2020Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Kenichi Okumura
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Patent number: 10533941Abstract: Disclosed herein are optical sensor platform(s) employing hyperbolic metamaterial(s) supporting highly confined bulk plasmon guided modes over broad wavelength range(s) from visible to near-infrared. By exciting these modes using—for example—a two-dimensional (2D) grating-coupling technique, sensors according to the present disclosure advantageously exhibit extreme sensitivity modes up to a maximum of 30,000 nm per refractive index unit and a record figure of merit of 590 thereby permitting detection of ultralow-molecular-weight bio-molecules at picomolar concentrations.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: Case Western Reserve UniversityInventors: Guiseppe Strangi, Kandammathe Valiyaveedu Sreekanth, Umut Gurkan, Michael Hinczewski, Mohamed Elkabbash, Antonio De Luca
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Patent number: 10531020Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a solid-state image pickup device, a manufacturing method therefor, and an electronic apparatus that enables further miniaturization of a solid-state image pickup device to be achieved. A lower electrode is provided in each of pixels so as to hold a photoelectric conversion film including an organic material between the lower electrode and an upper electrode, and an isolation region is disposed to isolate the lower electrodes of the pixels from each other and includes at least a fixed charge film. The isolation region is formed by the fixed charge film that is formed more deeply than the thickness of the lower electrode. The present technology is, for example, applicable to a solid-state image pickup device having an organic photoelectric conversion film.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions CorporationInventor: Kenichi Murata
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Patent number: 10531018Abstract: An image sensor comprises: a pixel array having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions provided for each of a plurality of microlenses arranged in matrix; a plurality of signal output lines provided for each column of the pixel array; signal readout circuits each provided for each column of the pixel array; and a control circuit that controls to output a signal of a selected row to one of the plurality of signal output lines and controls to process the signal by the corresponding signal readout circuit. The control circuit performs control such that while a signal of a first row output to one of the plurality of signal output lines is processed by the corresponding signal readout circuit, a signal from a second row is output to another of the plurality of signal output lines.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kazuki Haraguchi
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Patent number: 10511760Abstract: An imaging device includes: a first image sensor comprising first pixels that receive incident light, and that include a first and second photoelectric conversion units that are arranged in a first direction; and a second image sensor including second pixels that receive light that has passed through the first image sensor, and that include a third and fourth photoelectric conversion units that are arranged in a second direction that is different from the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: NIKON CORPORATIONInventor: Akira Izumi
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Patent number: 10497733Abstract: A photoelectric conversion apparatus has a photoelectric conversion substrate having a plurality of photoelectric conversion portions and a microlens array arranged above the plurality of photoelectric conversion portions; a light transmissive plate; a first member arranged between the photoelectric conversion substrate and the light transmissive plate; a second member arranged between the first member and the microlens array; and a third member arranged between the first member and the second member. A porosity of the first member<a porosity of the third member<a porosity of the second member is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2017Date of Patent: December 3, 2019Assignee: Canon Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Masaki Kurihara, Nobuhiko Sato
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Patent number: 10491848Abstract: The present technology relates to a solid-state imaging device and an electronic apparatus that realize a high frame rate image capture without deteriorating an image quality. A floating diffusion holds a charge accumulated on one or more photoelectric conversion units. A plurality of amplification transistors read out a signal corresponding to the charge held by the floating diffusion. The signal read out by the amplification transistor is output to a vertical signal line. The plurality of amplification transistors are connected in parallel. The present technology is applicable to a CMOS image sensor, for example.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 26, 2019Assignee: SONY CORPORATIONInventor: Hiroaki Ishiwata
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Patent number: 10477165Abstract: A solid-state imaging apparatus comprises a pixel unit including G-pixels 110-G, R-pixels 110-R, and B-pixels 110-B, an image signal output interval of the G-pixels 110 made shorter than image signal output intervals of the R-pixels and B-pixels. Regarding lights respectively having wavelength bands near a green color, near a red color, and near a blue color, the G-pixels 110-G have higher sensitivity to the wavelength band near the green color than both to the wavelength band near the red color and wavelength band near the blue color, the R-pixels 110-R have higher sensitivity to the wavelength band near the red color than both to the wavelength band near the green color and wavelength band near the blue color, and the B-pixels 110-B have higher sensitivity to the wavelength band near the blue color than both to the wavelength band near the green color and wavelength band near the red color.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hisashi Takado
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Patent number: 10462404Abstract: A solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate having a photoelectric conversion element converting incident light into a charge and a charge retaining section temporarily retaining the charge photoelectrically converted by the photoelectric conversion element and a light shielding section having an embedded section extending in at least a region between the photoelectric conversion element and the charge retaining section of the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: Sony CorporationInventors: Tomohiro Ohkubo, Suzunori Endo
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Patent number: 10453972Abstract: An integrated optical sensor comprises a semiconductor substrate (1), an integrated circuit (2), a dielectric layer (6), a wiring (4), a structured filter layer (7) and a diffuser (10). The semiconductor substrate (1) has a main surface (11) and the integrated circuit (2) is arranged in the substrate (1) at or near the main surface (11). Furthermore, the integrated circuit (2) comprises at least one light sensitive component (3). The dielectric layer (6) comprises at least one compound of the semiconductor material. The dielectric layer (6) is arranged on or above the main surface (11). The wiring (4) is arranged in the dielectric layer (6) and provides an electrical connection to the integrated circuit (2), i.e. the wiring is connected to the integrated circuit (2). The structured filter layer (7) is arranged on the dielectric layer (6) and faces the at least one light sensitive component (3), i.e. the diffusor (10) is positioned over the structured filter layer (7).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: ams AGInventor: Hubert Enichlmair
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Patent number: 10393576Abstract: An image sensor including a color filter isolation layer and a method of manufacturing the image sensor. The image sensor includes a plurality of color filters that transmit light of a predetermined wavelength band to a light sensing layer. The image sensor also includes an isolation layer disposed between adjacent ones of the plurality of color filters. The isolation layer is formed of a material having a lower refractive index than a refractive index of the color filters, thus totally internally reflecting light incident on the isolation layer from one of the plurality of color filters.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Seokho Yun, Sunghyun Nam, Sookyoung Roh, Hongkyu Park
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Patent number: 10387743Abstract: A method for image reconstruction includes defining a dictionary including a set of atoms selected such that patches of natural images can be represented as linear combinations of the atoms. A binary input image, including a single bit of input image data per input pixel, is captured using an image sensor. A maximum-likelihood (ML) estimator is applied, subject to a sparse synthesis prior derived from the dictionary, to the input image data so as to reconstruct an output image comprising multiple bits per output pixel of output image data.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2017Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Ramot at Tel-Aviv university Ltd.Inventors: Alex Bronstein, Or Litany, Tal Remez, Yoseff Shachar
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Patent number: 10375368Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus for converting image data from a Bayer format image to a four-plane image format using two memory channels. An example apparatus includes an interface for receiving the Bayer image including repeating pixel groups, where each pixel group includes a first pixel type, a second pixel type, a third pixel type, and a fourth pixel type. The apparatus also includes a memory and a circuit to write the Bayer image to the memory as four-plane data. The four-plane data includes pixels of the first type and the third type in the Bayer image that are written via the first memory channel, and pixels of the second type and the fourth type in the Bayer image that are written via the second memory channel. Embodiments also relate to converting three sensor image data to a Bayer format image using the two memory channels.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventor: D. Amnon Silverstein
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Patent number: 10339631Abstract: A hybrid optical sensor array includes a first and second set of pixels having differing spectral sensitivities. A first set of data for a scene is captured by the first set of pixels at a first resolution, and a second set of data for the scene is captured by a second set of pixels at a second resolution. The first set of data is demosaiced based on at least the second set of data. A third set of data for the scene is output at a third resolution, greater than the first resolution. This allows high resolution matching images to be produced without perspective or timing discrepancies inherent in multi-camera machine vision systems.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 2, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Denis Demandolx, Michael Bleyer, Jian Zhao
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Patent number: 10303119Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system that provides a holographic layer as a micro-lens array and/or a color filter array in an imager. The method of writing the holographic layer results in overlapping areas in the hologram for corresponding adjacent pixels in the imager which increases collection of light at the pixels, thereby increasing quantum efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.Inventor: Alexander Mokhnatyuk
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Patent number: 10297626Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a pixel array, a plurality of column circuits, an amplifier, switch arrays of a first layer to an nth layer, and signal lines of the first layer to the nth layer. n is an integer of two or more. The switch array of an ith layer is disposed between the switch array of an (i+1)th layer and the amplifier. i is an integer of one or more and less than n. The signal line of the first layer is connected to the nth amplifier. The signal line of the nth layer is connected to the switch array of the nth layer. Each of the plurality of switches included in the switch array of the nth layer is connected to the column circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventors: Hideki Kato, Yasunari Harada, Masato Osawa
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Patent number: 10290079Abstract: An image processing method and apparatus, and an electronic device are provided. The image sensor is controlled to output the compositing image. The merged image and the color-block image can be output respectively under different scenes requiring different imaging effect. Then the preset target region is identified in the merged image. Finally, the processed merged image (i.e. the merged true-color image) corresponding to the preset target region is composited with the processed color-block image (i.e. the simulation true-color image). Therefore, the signal-to-noise ratio, the resolution and distinguishability are improved. The placed location in the simulation true-color image can be manually adjusted, thereby enhancing user experience.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.Inventor: Cheng Tang
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Patent number: 10275855Abstract: An imaging device comprises a hybrid optical sensor array including a first and second set of pixels that comprise different numbers of pixels. The first set of pixels is sensitive to infrared light, while the second set of pixels comprises three subsets of pixels sensitive to RGB light. A first set of data for a scene is captured by the first set of pixels and a second set of data for the scene is captured by a second set of pixels. The first and second sets of data are jointly demosaiced, such that the higher resolution data set is utilized to increase the resolution of a lower resolution data set. This allows for high-resolution infrared and RGB images to be produced for a scene without perspective or timing discrepancies inherent in multi-camera machine vision systems.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 30, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Raymond Kirk Price, Denis Demandolx, Michael Bleyer
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Patent number: 10270997Abstract: A CMOS image sensor with reducing interconnections is provided. The CMOS image sensor may include a first row of pixels that includes a first pixel. The first pixel may include a first plurality of photodiodes and a first plurality of transfer gates. Each of the first plurality of photodiodes may be associated with a corresponding one of the first plurality of transfer gates. The CMOS image sensor may include a second row of pixels that includes a second pixel. The second pixel may include a second plurality of photodiodes and a second plurality of transfer gates. Each of the second plurality of photodiodes may be associated with a corresponding one of the second plurality of transfer gates. A first one of the transfer gates of the first plurality of transfer gates may be coupled to a first one of the transfer gates of the second plurality of transfer gates.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: April 23, 2019Assignee: GVBB HOLDINGS S.A.R.L.Inventors: Petrus Gijsbertus Centen, Jeroen Rotte, Juul Josephus Johannes Van Den Heijkant, Rudolf Van Ree
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Patent number: 10244182Abstract: Various embodiments of the present technology may comprise a method and apparatus for reducing spatial flicker artifacts in high dynamic range images produced from multiple image captures with differing integration times. The method and apparatus may comprise, in the image captures, measuring pixel intensity selecting pixels with a predetermined intensity thresholds, calculating a ratio based on a channel selection, normalizing the calculated ratio to an ideal ratio, and applying the normalized ratio to corresponding image pixels in a second image capture to produce a flicker-free image.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLCInventors: Manjunath Somayaji, Rohit Ranade
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Patent number: 10225496Abstract: A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel array including pixels arranged in rows and columns, each of the pixels being configured to output a pixel signal, and including an optical filter and a photoelectric conversion unit, wherein the optical filters of different colors are arranged for each rows and each columns, a holding circuit including first holding units for each of the columns, the first holding units being configured to respectively hold the pixel signals read out from the pixels including the optical filters of different colors in one column of the pixel array in parallel, an output signal line, and a readout circuit configured to successively read out the pixel signals of pixels including the optical filters of the same color from the first holding units for each of the columns to the output signal line.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2017Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Masanori Ogura, Jun Iba