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Radiant Energy > Photocells; Circuits And Apparatus > Photocell Controlled Circuit > Plural Photosensitive Image Detecting Element Arrays Plural Photosensitive Image Detecting Element ArraysPlural Photosensitive Image Detecting Element Arrays patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.01/31/08 - 20080023623 - System and method for a high dynamic range sensitive sensor element array A high dynamic range sensitive sensor array is described which uses a combination of pixel structures, some of which incorporating phase domain integration techniques to accurately capture high and low intensity images. The sensor elements included as many of the pixel structures in the sensor array are not limited by ... 01/10/08 - 20080006764 - Multi-point correlated sampling for image sensors An improved passive pixel sensor (PPS) circuit comprising a correlated sampling circuit and method that integrates pixel charge leakage onto an integrating amplifier during sampling periods. An integrator circuit is provided for integrating PPS pixel charges received via a column line, and correlated sampling circuit is provided for the removal ... 01/03/08 - 20080001069 - Apparatus and method for capturing still images and video using coded aperture techniques A system is described for capturing images comprising: a display for displaying graphical images and text; a plurality of apertures formed in the display; an image detector array configured behind the display and configured to sense light transmitted through the apertures in the display, the light reflected from a subject ... 01/03/08 - 20080001068 - Microelectronic imaging devices and associated methods for attaching transmissive elements Microelectronic imaging devices and associated methods for attaching transmissive elements are disclosed. A manufacturing method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes providing an imager workpiece having multiple image sensor dies configured to detect energy over a target frequency. The image sensor dies can include an image sensor ... 01/03/08 - 20080001067 - Driving an image sensor with reduced area and high image quality A solid-state image-sensing device includes a pixel array and an averaging unit. The pixel array includes a matrix of pixels and includes a respective output line for each of a plurality of pixel groupings such as for each column of pixels. The averaging unit receives respective signals from first and ... 12/27/07 - 20070295889 - Semiconductor opto device A semiconductor opto device is disclosed. One embodiment provides an optodiode. The optodiode has a relative spectral sensitivity that is adapted to the relative spectral sensitivity of an eye, wherein, correspondingly adapted to the spectral sensitivity of the eye, a switch-on or switch-off process of the optothyristor or optotriac is ... 12/13/07 - 20070284511 - Compound-eye imaging device A compound-eye imaging device comprises: an optical lens array with integrated optical lenses; a stop member; a photodetector array for imaging multiple images formed by the optical lenses; and a light shielding block for partitioning a space between the two arrays into a matrix of spaces, with light-passing holes, so ... 12/13/07 - 20070284510 - Method and apparatus providing a microlens for an image sensor A microlens having a plurality of lens material units separated by a plurality of trenches and a method of forming the same is disclosed. The relationship of the trenches to the lens material is such that an average index of refraction of the microlens decreases from a center to an ... 11/29/07 - 20070272830 - Row driven imager pixel An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry provides output signals based on charge or voltage of a storage node. The operating voltage can be selectively provided to ... 11/29/07 - 20070272827 - Image sensor package having mount holder attached to image sensor die An image sensor package and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. For example, a mount holder is directly attached on an image sensor die, not a substrate. Here, on the mount holder, a lens or a barrel having lens are attached. Also, the mount holder is interlocked by ... 11/22/07 - 20070267566 - System and method for processing and displaying light energy A method for processing light energy is provided that includes receiving a plurality of photons reflected by an object and generating sensor data that is based a portion of the plurality of photons received. The sensor data is processed in order to generate processed sensor data. A segment of the ... 11/15/07 - 20070262241 - Solid-state imaging device The invention is regarding to solid-state imaging device. A solid-state imaging device consistent with the present invention includes, a plurality of unit cells on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, each unit cell including a photoelectric conversion unit comprising a photodiode having a diffusion layer of a second ... 11/15/07 - 20070262240 - Solid-state imaging device The invention is regarding to solid-state imaging device. A solid-state imaging device consistent with the present invention includes, a plurality of unit cells on a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, each unit cell including a photoelectric conversion unit comprising a photodiode having a diffusion layer of a second ... 11/15/07 - 20070262238 - Photo detecting apparatus A pixel circuit includes a first detector which amplifies a voltage obtained by charging and discharging a capacitance with a photocurrent flowing through a photo detecting element and then outputs it to a first data line, and a second detector which outputs an electric charge stored in the capacitance by ... 11/15/07 - 20070262236 - Techniques for modifying image field data obtained using illumination sources Techniques for modifying data of an image that can be implemented in a digital camera, video image capturing device and other optical systems are provided to correct for non-uniform illumination and/or effects of saturation appearing in data obtained using one or more artificial illumination sources. In an implementation, correction factors ... 11/15/07 - 20070262235 - Compensating for non-uniform illumination of object fields captured by a camera Techniques for modifying data of an image that can be implemented in a digital camera, video image capturing device and other optical systems are provided to correct for non-uniform illumination appearing in data obtained using one or more illumination sources from a two-dimensional photo-sensor. In order to correct for these ... 11/08/07 - 20070257185 - Driving an image sensor with reduced area and high image quality An image sensor includes a set of at least two pixels each sensing light of a same color coupled to a signal converter. A driver simultaneously turns on a respective switching element for transferring a respective photocurrent from a respective photodiode within each of such pixels to the signal converter, ... 11/08/07 - 20070257184 - Large dynamic range cameras Digital camera systems and methods are described that provide digital cameras with large effective single-frame dynamic exposure ranges. The digital camera systems include multiple channels. Each channel includes an optics component and sensor comprising an array of photo-detectors. The sensors of the camera channels are integrated on a semiconductor substrate. ... 11/08/07 - 20070257183 - Method and apparatus providing multiple transfer gate control lines per pixel for automatic exposure control An imager device includes a pixel array having some pixels providing output signals for automatic light control with other pixels providing image output signals. Multiple pixel cells of the array may be arranged to obtain sample data indicating the amount of light reaching the array, while image pixels in the ... 11/01/07 - 20070252074 - Imaging arrangements and methods therefor Image data is processed to facilitate focusing and/or optical correction. According to an example embodiment of the present invention, an imaging arrangement collects light data corresponding to light passing through a particular focal plane. The light data is collected using an approach that facilitates the determination of the direction from ... 10/25/07 - 20070246640 - Solid-state image sensor, manufacturing method for solid-state image sensor, and camera A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area, and a plurality of micro-lenses corresponding to the light-receiving elements, and has a flattening film formed on the plurality of the micro-lenses. At a center of the light-receiving area, the micro-lenses are placed in positions ... 10/25/07 - 20070246639 - Wafer for manufacturing image sensors, test key layout for defects inspection, and methods for manufacturing image sensors and for forming test key A wafer for manufacturing image sensors is disclosed. The wafer includes an image sensor and a test key. The image sensor includes a plurality of micro-lenses; the test key includes a plurality of micro-lens samples for defects inspection. The arrangement of the micro-lens samples on the test key is substantially ... 10/18/07 - 20070241258 - Imaging device with reduced row readout time and method of operating the same An imager in which a column line bias current control signal is pulsed at some time during and/or after the pulsing of the reset control and the transfer control signals to increase a bias current in a pixel column line during reset and transfer operations. The bias current is then ... 10/11/07 - 20070235631 - Reducing noise in an imager A method of operating an imager to have increased capacitance on a pixel output or column output line during most reset signal and pixel signal sampling operations from the line. The increased capacitance is achieved by switching in multiple sample and hold capacitors during the sampling operations. ... 10/04/07 - 20070228256 - Analog vertical sub-sampling in an active pixel sensor (aps) image sensor An active pixel sensor (APS) image sensor comprises an array of pixel circuits corresponding to rows and columns of pixels, a plurality of amplifiers that buffer signals output by the array of pixel circuits, and a plurality of sample and hold circuits that read the buffered signals. A routing mechanism ... 09/27/07 - 20070221824 - Device and method for identifying an object in or on a closable opening The invention relates to a device and a method for identifying an object O in an opening that can be closed by means of a mobile element (12). Light is fed into at least one fibre-optic light guide (33, 34) from a light source (1, 2), and variations in the ... 09/27/07 - 20070221823 - Method and apparatus for providing a rolling double reset timing for global storage in image sensors An apparatus for and a method of operating an array of pixels of an image sensor, where each pixel includes at least a photosensor, an associated storage device and a floating diffusion region and the array of pixels is configured in a plurality of rows and columns. The photosensors associated ... 09/20/07 - 20070215790 - Photo-electric conversion element array, integrated apparatus of the same, mounted structures of them, and optical information processing apparatus A photoelectric conversion element array having a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements (emitting optics 4, receiving optics 5) arranged in an array, and the photoelectric conversion elements 4, 5 are arranged alternately at different positions so that every second one is aligned on the same line in the direction of ... 09/20/07 - 20070215789 - Scanned-beam imager with phase offset photon emission imaging Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to attributing light emissions to spots a light was scanned over. In aspects, the scanned light includes light capable of increasing light emissions from at least one type of matter. A detector detects emitted light that comes from spots the light was ... 09/06/07 - 20070205356 - Pixel with spatially varying metal route positions A method for configuring an image sensor including an array of pixels having an optical center, each pixel of the array including a metal segment disposed in a second metal layer and an interlayer connect element coupled between the metal segment and a first metal layer. The method includes modeling ... 09/06/07 - 20070205355 - Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus that includes: a light source with a first luminescent portion that outputs light with a first wavelength range and a second luminescent portion that outputs light with a second wavelength range, the wavelength ranges being different from each other; a light-receiving portion that receives light reflected ... 09/06/07 - 20070205354 - Image sensor light shield A structure and method of reducing optical cross talk in an image sensor by using a light shield having light shield portions comprising a plurality of separated blocks of opaque material above each pixel cell's photosensor. The light shield portions have an aperture allowing light to pass through to the ... 08/30/07 - 20070200055 - Via wave guide with cone-like light concentrator for image sensing devices A CMOS image sensor (CIS) device includes an array of pixels, each pixel including a sensing element (e.g., a photodiode) and access circuitry. To facilitate the passage of light to the photodiode, each pixel includes a via wave guide (VWG) defined in the metallization layer formed over the pixel's photodiode. ... 08/30/07 - 20070200054 - Via wave guide with curved light concentrator for image sensing devices A CMOS image sensor (CIS) device includes an array of pixels, each pixel including a sensing element (e.g., a photodiode) and access circuitry. To facilitate the passage of light to the photodiode, each pixel includes a via wave guide (VWG) defined in the metallization layer formed over the pixel's photodiode. ... 08/23/07 - 20070194209 - Solid-state image sensor, manufacturing method for solid-state image sensor, and camera A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area, and a plurality of micro-lenses corresponding to the light-receiving elements, and has a flattening film formed on the plurality of the micro-lenses. At a center of the light-receiving area, the micro-lenses are placed in positions ... 08/23/07 - 20070194208 - Moisture sensor and windshield fog detector A control system is disclosed for automatically detecting moisture on the windshield of a vehicle. The automatic moisture detecting system includes an optical system for imaging a portion of the windshield onto an image array sensor, such as a CMOS active pixel sensor. The voltage of each of the pixels ... 08/16/07 - 20070187576 - Solid-state image sensor, manufacturing method for solid-state image sensor, and camera A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area, and a plurality of micro-lenses corresponding to the light-receiving elements, and has a flattening film formed on the plurality of the micro-lenses. At a center of the light-receiving area, the micro-lenses are placed in positions ... 08/16/07 - 20070187575 - Solid-state image sensor, manufacturing method for solid-state image sensor, and camera A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area, and a plurality of micro-lenses corresponding to the light-receiving elements, and has a flattening film formed on the plurality of the micro-lenses. At a center of the light-receiving area, the micro-lenses are placed in positions ... 08/09/07 - 20070181779 - Readout technique for increasing or maintaining dynamic range in image sensors The apparatus and method provide a readout technique and circuit for increasing or maintaining dynamic range of an image sensor. The readout technique and circuit process each pixel individually based on the magnitude of the readout signal. The circuit includes a gain amplifier amplifying the readout analog signal, a level ... 08/02/07 - 20070176080 - Image sensing system for a vehicle An image sensing system for a vehicle includes an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of light sensing photosensor elements, preferably formed on a semiconductor substrate, and a logic and control circuit comprising an image processor for processing image data derived from the imaging sensor. The logic and control circuit ... 08/02/07 - 20070176079 - Optoelectronic detector with multiple readout nodes and its use thereof The present invention discloses an optoelectronic detector for light sensing. The optoelectronic detector has a photosensitive element that converts light into electrons. Efficient collection of these electrons at readout nodes, embedded in the photosensitive element, is required to make correct measurements of light characteristics such as, phase shift and intensity. ... 07/26/07 - 20070170350 - Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Microelectronic imager assemblies comprising a workpiece including a substrate and a plurality of imaging dies on and/or in the substrate. The substrate includes a front side and a back side, and the imaging dies comprise imaging sensors at the front side of the substrate and external contacts operatively coupled to ... 07/26/07 - 20070170349 - Photonic crystal-based filter for use in an image sensor The invention, in various exemplary embodiments, incorporates a photonic crystal filter into an image sensor. The photonic crystal filter comprises a substrate and a plurality of pillars forming a photonic crystal structure over the substrate. The pillars are spaced apart from each other. Each pillar has a height and a ... 07/19/07 - 20070164196 - Image sensor with pixel wiring to reflect light An image sensor with a plurality of photodiodes pixels. At least one of the photodiodes pixels includes a reflective element that prevents light from traveling onto an adjacent photodiode pixel. The reflective element may be a floating contact adjacent a routing wire of the image sensor. The reflective element may ... 07/12/07 - 20070158533 - Method and system to enhance differential dynamic range and signal/noise in cmos range finding systems using differential sensors Dynamic range of a differential pixel is enhanced by injecting, synchronously or asynchronously, a compensating offset (ΔCOMP) into a differential signal capacitor whenever magnitude of the differential signal across the capacitor exceeds a predetermined value. Positive and negative magnitudes of ΔCOMP need not be equal. The number (N) of ΔCOMP ... 07/12/07 - 20070158532 - True color image by modified microlens array An image sensor array includes a substrate having at least three image sensors located therein. The image sensor array also includes a blue filter positioned proximate to the first image sensor; a green filter proximate to the second image sensor; and a red filter proximate to the third image sensor ... 07/12/07 - 20070158531 - Array with shared output lines Multiple pixels within a pixel array share a common output line. Each output line from the array is connected to one or more storage elements. Each of the storage elements receives a counter signal corresponding to levels of a reference voltage within each of the pixels. When an output line ... 07/05/07 - 20070152135 - Planar illumination device and liquid crystal display device using the planar illumination device as a backlight A polygonal flat plate-like light guide plate GLB is combined with a plurality of LED chips D1, D2, D3 emitting light with different colors from each other to constitute a color mixing unit DUT. A plurality of the color mixing units are arranged on printed circuit boards RFB having a ... 07/05/07 - 20070152134 - Pinhole type imaging device A pinhole type imaging device of the present invention includes a pinhole type aperture stop which allows advancing of light ray into an optical system and imaging, and at least one lens which is attached to the pinhole type aperture stop. Accordingly, an imaging device where it is realized that ... 07/05/07 - 20070152133 - Image sensor array with ferroelectric elements and method therefor A light sensing circuit (400) and image sensor array includes at least one light sensing element (402), such as a photodiode, and at least one ferroelectric element (404), such as a CMOS ferroelectric gate field effect transistor (FET), that is operatively coupled to the light sensing element to form a ... 06/28/07 - 20070145242 - Compound-eye imaging device A compound-eye imaging device comprises: an optical lens array with integrated multiple optical lenses; a photodetector array for imaging images formed by the optical lenses; and a light shielding block placed between the two arrays for partitioning a space between the two arrays into a matrix of spaces as seen ... 06/28/07 - 20070145241 - Solid state imaging device A solid state imaging device has a semiconductor substrate with photodiodes and charge transfer sections formed thereon, transfer electrodes formed on the charge transfer sections across an insulating layer, and a light shielding layer to protect the charge transfer sections from light. The light shielding layer has openings to correspond ... 06/28/07 - 20070145240 - Method, apparatus and system providing configurable current source device for image sensors A configurable current source for imager readout system that can be operated as a simple-current-source or as a cascode-current-source. The configurable current source can be operated in a simple-current-source mode during circumstances when a low power supply voltage or large output signal swing is needed to output a pixel signal. ... 06/28/07 - 20070145239 - Image sensor and method of driving transfer transistor of image sensor Provided is a 4-transistor CMOS image in which a driving condition or a pixel structure is changed so that a transfer transistor in a pixel operates in a pinch-off condition during reset and transfer operations in order to reduce dark current and fixed-pattern noise caused by a change in an ... 06/28/07 - 20070145237 - Semiconductor imaging device In an arrangement with four PDs (PD1 to PD4) aligned along the column direction sharing the signal voltage reading unit, respective elements are disposed in the order of: PD/FD1 and TG-Tr1,2/PD2/SF-Tr and SL-Tr/PD3/FD2 and TG-Tr3, 4/PD4/RS-Tr. ... 06/28/07 - 20070145236 - Photosensing throughout energy range and in subranges An integrated circuit (IC) includes a photosensor array, some cells of which are reference cells that photosense throughout an application's energy range, while other cells of which are subrange cells that photosense within respective subranges. For example, the subrange cells can receive photons in their respective subranges from a transmission ... 06/21/07 - 20070138374 - Parallel kinematic machine, calibration method of parallel kinematic machine, and calibration program product A parallel kinematic machine has a parallel kinematic mechanism including an end effecter and a parallel link mechanism. A numerical control device controls a position and orientation of the end effecter based on kinematics of the parallel kinematic mechanism. A posture setter sets an adjustment tool on the end effecter ... 06/14/07 - 20070131846 - Method and apparatus for setting black level in an imager using both optically black and tied pixels An imaging pixel array includes an active area of pixels, organized into rows and columns of pixels. The array also includes a plurality of dark pixel columns adjacent to the active area of pixels such that rows of pixels in the active area of pixels extend across the plurality of ... 06/07/07 - 20070125936 - Image processing system with horizontal line registration for improved imaging with scene motion An image processing system and method. The image processing system acquires a first set of scan lines in at first field of image data and a second set of scan lines in a second field of image data; the second set of scan lines are interlaced relative to the first ... 06/07/07 - 20070125935 - Image sensor device having an active layer overlying a substrate and an isolating region in the active layer An image sensing device. An active layer is disposed overlying a substrate, wherein the active layer has different conductivity with the substrate. A plurality of photodiodes is disposed in the active layer. An isolating region is interposed between two adjacent photodiodes, wherein the isolating region contacts the substrate. ... 06/07/07 - 20070125934 - Pixel having photoconductive layers A pixel including a substrate and a plurality of photoconductive layers sequentially deposited on and substantially parallel to the substrate and configured to receive incident electromagnetic radiation. Each photoconductive layer is configured to absorb a different wavelength range of the incident electromagnetic radiation and configured to provide an indication of ... 05/24/07 - 20070114363 - Photoelectric converter and x-ray image pick-up device A photoelectric converter includes a plurality of substrates, which are located adjacent to each other and on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion devices are two-dimensionally arranged, and either scan circuits or detection circuits that are arranged on two opposing sides of the photoelectric converter, whereby scanning directions either from ... 05/24/07 - 20070114362 - Confocal imaging methods and apparatus The invention provides imaging apparatus and methods useful for obtaining a high resolution image of a sample at rapid scan rates. A rectangular detector array having a horizontal dimension that is longer than the vertical dimension can be used along with imaging optics positioned to direct a rectangular image of ... 05/17/07 - 20070108370 - Cmos image sensor circuit and method of supplying initial charge thereof Provided are a CIS circuit that does not increase an initial voltage charge time allocated by a CDS even if a pixel size is reduced and a method of providing an initial charge to the CIS circuit. The CIS circuit may include an APS block, a current source block and ... 05/17/07 - 20070108369 - Method for controlling active pixel elements and active pixel arrays having a column-read transistor for reading signals An active pixel element of an image sensor array includes a sensor, a transfer transistor, a reset transistor, and a source follower. There is a column-read transistor positioned in each column of the image sensor array for controlling the read signals. When the sensor is reset, all column-read transistors are ... 05/10/07 - 20070102624 - Row driven imager pixel An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry provides output signals based on charge or voltage of a storage node. The operating voltage can be selectively provided to ... 05/10/07 - 20070102623 - Device for short wavelength visible reflectance endoscopy using broadband illumination A system for performing short wavelength imaging with a broadband illumination source includes an image processor that receives signals from a color image sensor. The image processor reduces the contribution of red illumination light to an image by computing blue, green, and blue-green (cyan) color components of display pixels from ... 05/10/07 - 20070102622 - Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same There are many, many inventions described herein. In one aspect, what is disclosed is a digital camera including a plurality of arrays of photo detectors, including a first array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a first wavelength and a second array of photo detectors to ... 05/10/07 - 20070102621 - Image sensor and fabricating method thereof An image sensor includes the steps of forming a sublayer including a photodiode, a transistor and a metal line on a substrate, forming a pattern layer on the sublayer to be overlapped with the photodiode and to having a curved surface, and forming a combined color filter and microlens on ... 05/03/07 - 20070096012 - Vehicle service system digital camera interface A machine-vision vehicle wheel alignment system configured with a high-speed communications network and protocol for communicating data between one or more imaging sensors and at least one system processor. ... 05/03/07 - 20070096011 - Imaging device driver, imaging device driving method, and image signal processor An imaging device driver that drives an imaging device, comprising a controller, is provided. The imaging device has the light receiving surface divided into a plurality of pixel blocks. Each pixel block has a plurality of pixels. The pixel generates a pixel signal according to received light amount. The imaging ... 05/03/07 - 20070096010 - Multifunctional optical sensor comprising a photodetectors matrix coupled to a microlenses matrix Multifunctional optical sensor, comprising a matrix of photodetectors of the CCD or CMOS type, having a sensitive area divided into sub-areas, each of which, individually or combined with others, is dedicated to a specific function of monitoring the scene or measuring environmental parameters. The optical sensor comprises a matrix of ... 04/26/07 - 20070090275 - Compound-eye imaging device A compound-eye imaging device comprises: an optical lens array with integrated optical lenses; a stop member for shielding unnecessary ambient light from entering the optical lenses; a photodetector array formed of a semiconductor substrate and placed at a predetermined distance from the optical lens array for imaging images formed by ... 04/26/07 - 20070090274 - Image sensors including active pixel sensor arrays In one aspect, an image sensor is provided which includes an array of unit active pixels. Each of the unit active pixels comprises a first active area including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions, and a second active area separated from the first active area. The first active areas are ... 04/26/07 - 20070090273 - High performance charge detection amplifier for ccd image sensors The CCD charge detection amplifier includes a floating diffusion charge detection node biased from a voltage reference node; a reset device coupled between the floating Diffusion charge detection node and the voltage reference node; a first source follower stage having a control node coupled to the charge detection node; and ... 04/19/07 - 20070084986 - Multiple photosensor pixel A multiple photosensor pixel image sensor sense differentiated color components of light. The multiple photosensor pixel image sensor has a plurality of photo-sensing devices formed with the surface of the substrate. Each photo-sensing device has a structure adjusted to convert photons of the light to photoelectrons representative of a magnitude ... 04/12/07 - 20070080283 - Image sensing device including image sensor with high dynamic range An image sensor with a high dynamic range is provided. The image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of light-receiving elements formed on the semiconductor substrate, and light-shield films formed on upper ends of some of the light-receiving elements to partially block light incident upon each of the some ... 04/12/07 - 20070080282 - Photo detector array A photo detector device includes a photosensitive transistor capable of detecting an optical signal including an image component and a background component and converting the optical signal into a current including an image current corresponding to the image component and a background current corresponding to the background component, a first ... 04/05/07 - 20070075220 - Optical lens and optical lens manufacturing method The manufacturing method uses a substrate including an SOI layer (112), a SiO2 layer (114) and a Si layer (116). A lens surface (118) is formed on the surface of the SOI layer (112) of the substrate. A lens region including the lens surface (118) and an edge section (120) ... 04/05/07 - 20070075219 - Active pixel sensor circuit and related controlling method An active pixel sensor circuit includes a sensor, a reset transistor, a source-follower transistor, and a row-selector transistor. A gate of the row-selector transistor is electrically connected to a drain of the reset transistor. A method for controlling the active pixel sensor circuit includes turning on the row-selector transistor and ... 04/05/07 - 20070075218 - Multiple exposure optical imaging apparatus Apparatus for storing an optical image of an object comprises an imaging device having a multiplicity of pixels, each pixel including a light sensor and a multiplicity of storage cells coupled to the sensor. A lens system focuses light from the object onto the imaging device. Within each pixel a ... 03/29/07 - 20070069113 - Solid-state image-pickup device with column-line amplifiers and limiter The levels of the power supply and the ground are kept constant against a parasitic resistance by keeping the constant current of an amplifier irrespective of the size of a pixel signal and the gain of the amplifier in this case in an image signal reading circuit system having the ... 03/29/07 - 20070069112 - Solid-state image pick-up device and pixel signal reading method The levels of the power supply and the ground are kept constant against a parasitic resistance by keeping the constant current of an amplifier irrespective of the size of a pixel signal and the gain of the amplifier in this case in an image signal reading circuit system having the ... 03/29/07 - 20070069111 - Cmos flat x-ray detector A large-area CMOS flat X-ray detector is disclosed. The detector includes a plurality of CMOS detector chips, mounted on a substrate with a butt joint. Two alternative embodiments of the CMOS detector chips are described. In the first embodiment, drive elements and read elements are provided on two of four ... 03/29/07 - 20070069110 - Cmos light sensor and operation method thereof A CMOS light sensor and the operation method thereof are disclosed. The CMOS light sensor has a plurality of light sensing lines and a plurality of capacitor lines. Each light sensing line has a plurality of light sensors such that the number of capacitors in each capacitor line is smaller ... 03/29/07 - 20070069109 - Image sensing device and manufacture method thereof An image sensing device for receiving an incident light having an incident angle and photo signals formed thereby is provided. The image sensing device includes a micro prism and a micro lens for adjusting the incident angle and converging the incident light, respectively, a photo sensor for converting the photo ... 03/29/07 - 20070069108 - Solid-state imaging device, method for manufacturing the same, and camera using the same In order to implement a solid-state imaging device with high photo-sensitivity that includes a light collecting part which can reduce undesired variations during manufacture and which has high light collection efficiency, the solid-state imaging device includes: a photodiode (8) which converts incident light (13) into electric charges; a convex lens ... 03/29/07 - 20070069107 - Radiation image pick-up device and method therefor, and radiation image pick-up system Sensitivity is freely changeable to another one in correspondence to a photographing mode, and both still image photographing and moving image photographing for example which are largely different from each other in dosage of exposure to radiation and which are also different from each other in required sensitivity are carried ... 03/22/07 - 20070063128 - Method and apparatus for pixel signal binning and interpolation in column circuits of a sensor circuit A binning circuit and related method, wherein pixel signals from column circuits in a sensor circuit are sampled and interpolated. The binning circuit samples analog pixel and reset signals from different sensor circuit column lines. Once a predetermined number of column lines are sampled in the binning circuit, the sampled ... 03/22/07 - 20070063127 - Pixel with differential readout An imager in which two adjacent pixels share row and reset lines and a row selection circuitry while the output transistors of the two pixels are configured as a differential amplifier. In operation, both pixels are reset at the same time, causing differential reset signals to be output from the ... 03/22/07 - 20070063126 - Cmos image sensor and method for fabricating the same A CMOS image sensor and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed, in which light-shielding layers are formed in trenches to improve photosensitivity of the image sensor and simplify its process steps. The CMOS image sensor includes a plurality of photodiodes formed in a semiconductor substrate at constant intervals, ... 03/15/07 - 20070057156 - Solid-state image pickup device and output method thereof A solid-state image pickup device has a differential output configuration for an output stage thereof and an IC in a next stage has a differential amplifier configuration for an input stage thereof. An output buffer unit buffers and outputs a digital signal from a horizontal bus line. At this time, ... 03/15/07 - 20070057155 - Solid-state image pickup device and output method thereof A solid-state image pickup device has a differential output configuration for an output stage thereof and an IC in a next stage has a differential amplifier configuration for an input stage thereof. An output buffer unit buffers and outputs a digital signal from a horizontal bus line. At this time, ... 03/15/07 - 20070057154 - Solid-state image pickup device and output method thereof A solid-state image pickup device has a differential output configuration for an output stage thereof and an IC in a next stage has a differential amplifier configuration for an input stage thereof. An output buffer unit buffers and outputs a digital signal from a horizontal bus line. At this time, ... 03/15/07 - 20070057153 - Solid-state image sensor, manufacturing method for solid-state image sensor, and camera A solid-state image sensor includes a plurality of light-receiving elements arranged in a light-receiving area, and a plurality of micro-lenses corresponding to the light-receiving elements, and has a flattening film formed on the plurality of the micro-lenses. At a center of the light-receiving area, the micro-lenses are placed in positions ... 03/15/07 - 20070057152 - Image forming apparatus, image processing apparatus, image output apparatus, portable terminal, image processing system, image forming method, image processing method, image output method, image forming program, image processing program, and image output A correction-amount detecting unit detects a correction amount at a time of performing an irreversible correction of an input image. A correction-amount and image integrating unit outputs the correction amount detected by the correction-amount detecting unit and image data of the input image in association with each other. ... 03/15/07 - 20070057151 - Contact image sensor and method for manufacturing the same A contact image sensor is provided including a housing, a slit plate a lens, one or two light sources and a light-receiving element array mounted on a light-receiving element array substrate. The housing contains the slit plate, the lens, the one or two light sources and the light-receiving element array ... 03/15/07 - 20070057150 - Digital camera module A digital camera module (100) includes a holder, an image sensor chip package (30), a number of conductive elements (24) and a circuit board (40). The holder defines a receiving portion. The holder is mounted on the image sensor chip package. The image sensor chip package has a number of ... 03/15/07 - 20070057149 - Image sensor chip package fabrication method An image sensor package method includes the steps of first, providing a carrier (30), which includes a base (24) and a leadframe (320). The base has a cavity therein and the leadframe includes a number of conductive pieces; Second, mounting an image sensor chip on the base and received in ... 03/15/07 - 20070057148 - Digital camera module package fabrication method A digital camera module package method includes the steps of: firstly, providing a carrier (30), which includes a base (24) and a leadframe (320). The base has a cavity therein and the leadframe includes a number of conductive pieces (322); Secondly, mounting an image sensor chip (34) on the base ... 03/15/07 - 20070057147 - Complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor and method for fabricating the same A complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) device and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The CMOS image sensor includes: a first conductive type substrate including a trench; a channel stop layer formed by using a first conductive type epitaxial layer over an inner surface of the trench; a ... 03/15/07 - 20070057146 - Image analysis and enhancement system An image analysis and enhancement system is provided with an image processor, imaging metrics, an image storage depository, and a reconfigurable sensor device that can be present at the same location. A remote reconfigurable sensor device is connected to the image processor via a communication link. Both the reconfigurable sensor ... 03/08/07 - 20070051874 - Method of manufacturing solid state imaging device, solid state imaging device, and camera using solid state imaging device A method of manufacturing a solid state imaging device having a photo-electric conversion portion array and a transfer electrode array, these arrays being provided in parallel to each other, upper surfaces and side wall surfaces of the transfer electrode array being covered with a light-shielding layer, and a transparent layer ... 03/08/07 - 20070051873 - Optical system with photo catalytic reactor An optical system (10) operatively associated with incident light (50) is provided. The incident light is essentially comprised of a first part (52) and a second part (54). The optical system includes: a photo catalytic reactor (30) comprising a photo catalyst (36) operatively associated with the first part of the ... 03/08/07 - 20070051872 - Network sensor system and protocol A network sensor system and protocol is provided. The network sensor system includes a sensor node that has a sensor for collecting high-resolution data, and a radio for transmitting that data to a central hub. The sensor node communicates to the hub with a wireless data link, and operators solely ... 03/01/07 - 20070045518 - Solid-state image pickup device and image pickup camera A solid-state image pickup device 20 according to the present invention includes a plurality of light-receiving sensor portions 2 arrayed in the horizontal and vertical directions and interconnection layers of a plurality of layers formed through interlayer insulators so as to form opening portions 423 at their portions corresponding to ... 03/01/07 - 20070045517 - Image sensor In an embodiment example of the present invention, an image sensor comprises a filter used for an extraction of a specific color component of an incident light, a light receiving element which observes the incident light via the filter, a compensating filter having a transmission restraining characteristic in a visible ... 03/01/07 - 20070045516 - Array substrate and display apparatus having the same An array substrate includes a base substrate, an input pad part, a first output part, a second output pad part, a pixel array, and a signal transmitting part. The input pad part and the first output pad part are disposed at the chip mounting area of the base substrate. The ... 03/01/07 - 20070045515 - Microelectronic imaging devices and associated methods for attaching transmissive elements Microelectronic imaging devices and associated methods for attaching transmissive elements are disclosed. A manufacturing method in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes providing an imager workpiece having multiple image sensor dies configured to detect energy over a target frequency. The image sensor dies can include an image sensor ... 03/01/07 - 20070045514 - Method and apparatus providing a two-way shared storage gate on a four-way shared pixel A method of operating a pixel array includes activating a global storage signal to store a photosensor charge in a first storage region of each pixel, activating a first reset signal for pixels in a first row to reset a second storage region of first row pixels, sampling the reset ... 03/01/07 - 20070045513 - Image sensors with optical trench A device and method for providing an optical trench structure for a pixel which guides incoming light onto the photosensor of the pixel. The optical trench structure has an optically reflecting barrier that substantially mitigates optical crosstalk. The optical trench structure is made of low dielectric constant material with an ... 03/01/07 - 20070045512 - Method for re-forming an image sensor A method for A method for re-forming an image sensor comprising the steps of: Providing an image sensor package element formed with an upper end having a substrate and a bottom end having a glass. Providing a film tape adhered to the glass of the image sensor. Providing a vacuum ... 03/01/07 - 20070045511 - Method and apparatus providing an optical guide in image sensor devices A device and method for providing an optical guide of a pixel to guide incoming light to/from a photo-conversion device of the pixel to improve the optical crosstalk immunity. The optical guide includes an optically reflecting barrier formed as a trench filled with a material which produces reflection. The trench ... 03/01/07 - 20070045510 - Contact image sensor A contact image sensor includes a white light source for generating a white light and transmitting the white light to an object; a monochromatic light sensor for sensing at least one monochromatic light of the white light reflected from the object in order to scan the object in a color ... 02/22/07 - 20070040100 - Scanning imager employing multiple chips with staggered pixels A solid state imaging system has at least one CMOS imager with first and second series of pixels in which the pixels of one series are offset, i.e., staggered, in respect to the pixels of the other series. Multiple imagers can be arrayed end to end, with jumper wires connecting ... 02/22/07 - 20070040099 - Radiation image pickup apparatus, radiation image pickup system, their control method and their control program A radiation image pickup apparatus which selectively executes a first reading operation driving a detection unit irradiated with the radiation to read a first signal value, a second reading operation driving the detection unit without being irradiated with any radiations before the first reading operation to read a second signal ... 02/22/07 - 20070040098 - Binocular telescope A binocular telescope includes a first CCD array and a first LCD array both disposed within one lens barrel, a second CCD array and a second LCD array both disposed within the other lens barrel, first and second CCD drive units and first and second LCD drive units disposed within ... 02/22/07 - 20070040097 - Electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing a flash of light having a rectangular radiation pattern An electronic flash, imaging device and method for producing flashes of light uses a diffractive optical element to produce a flash of light having a rectangular radiation pattern. The diffractive optical element is configured to diffract light emitted from a light source such that the radiation pattern of the light ... 02/15/07 - 20070034779 - Highly sensitive, fast pixel for use in an image sensor The pixel (1) for use in an image sensor comprises a plurality of small-sized radiation-sensitive elements (2.1-2.9) for converting incident radiation into electric signals, the radiation-sensitive elements (2.1-2.9) being properly interconnected to form a larger radiation-sensitive area. The pixel (1) further comprises a plurality of storage elements (3A-3D) for storing ... 02/15/07 - 20070034778 - Method and device for redundant distance measurement and mismatch cancellation in phase-measurement systems The method serves for canceling errors caused by mismatch of different signal paths in a photodetector with a plurality (k) of storage elements for the photogenerated signals, as typically used in phase-measurement systems. The signal-capturing process is performed in at least two measurement cycles (j) . A first cycle (j=1) ... 02/15/07 - 20070034777 - Image sensor employing a plurality of photodetector arrays and/or rear-illuminated architecture Image sensors are provided having a plurality of photodetectors in a detector layer Optionally, an optically transparent substrate is provided for a rear-illuminated sensor architecture. The photodetectors may be arranged in three or more arrays. Typically, each array is contiguous and is associated with light of a different color and/or ... 02/08/07 - 20070029467 - Analog-to-digital converter with noise compensation in cmos image sensor An analog-to-digital converter includes an amplifying unit and a noise compensation unit. The amplifying unit amplifies a difference between a trip point voltage and a modified signal voltage. The trip point voltage has a first power noise component, and the noise compensation unit incorporates a second power noise component into ... 02/08/07 - 20070029466 - Image sensing module and process for packaging the same An image sensing module includes: a substrate provided with at least two holes at comers and along edges thereof, a plurality of electrically conductive pads arranged in parallel along the edges of the substrate, a plurality of component mounting areas arranged in parallel on the substrate, a plurality of surface ... 02/08/07 - 20070029465 - Pixel driving circuit and method of driving the same Contacts and/or a transistor are shared by neighboring pixel circuits in an image sensor. In addition, a common interconnect line provides common control signals for minimizing metal wiring. Such minimization of space for the shared contacts, transistor, and control signals enhances the fill factor of photodiodes in the image sensor. ... 02/08/07 - 20070029464 - Handheld image-tracking device within rectangle-shaped two-dimensional sensing array Because the back-and-forth movement by hand is slower and more strenuous than the leftward-and-rightward swinging, a handheld image-tracking device, which can be applied to an optical mouse or a handheld scanner, uses a rectangle-shaped sensing array to save area of the sensing array and lower down the production cost for ... 02/08/07 - 20070029463 - Image sensor and method of manufacturing the same Dark current caused by a crystalline defect in an interfacial surface of a device isolating layer is prevented according to an image sensor and a method of manufacturing the same. A first device isolating layer adjacent to a photodiode disposed on an upper surface of a semiconductor substrate protrudes from ... 02/08/07 - 20070029462 - Repositioning inaccuracies in an automated imaging system Systems and techniques for reducing repositioning inaccuracies in imaging systems. Initial image data and positional information is received and cross-correlated with additional image data and positional information. An offset may be determined based on the cross-correlation. ... 02/08/07 - 20070029461 - Image sensor device and a method for outputting digital signals An image sensor device for outputting digital signals and a method thereof are disclosed. The image sensor device has a sensor module, a photoelectric converter module, an encoder module and a decoder module integrated with each other. The digital signals are outputted by the photoelectric converter module, are transferred to ... 02/01/07 - 20070023613 - Vehicle headlight control using imaging sensor A vehicle headlamp control method and apparatus includes providing an imaging sensor that senses light in spatially separated regions of a field of view forward of the vehicle. Light levels sensed in individual regions of the field of view are evaluated in order to identify light sources of interest, such ... 02/01/07 - 20070023612 - Unit pixel of cmos image sensor The invention provides a unit pixel of a CMOS image sensor which compensates for a dark current generated in a photo diode to enhance its driving range. In the unit pixel, a photo diode generates a charge in accordance with a received light amount. A drive has a gate for ... 02/01/07 - 20070023611 - Vehicle outside rear-view mirror assembly prepared for carrying an image detector device An outside rear-view mirror for a vehicle, which is designed to support an image-detector device is disclosed. The assembly comprises a casing with a reflector fastening device and a detector fastening device configured to mount either a first reflector installed over the detector fastening device, hiding them, or a second ... 01/25/07 - 20070018075 - Image sensor An image sensor including a pixel assembly, each pixel including a photodiode and an access transistor connected to a read circuit, the photodiode and the access transistor being formed in and above a first semiconductor substrate, all or part of the read circuit being formed in a second semiconductor substrate, ... 01/25/07 - 20070018074 - Image processing apparatus and image capturing apparatus An image processing apparatus for processing a color image signal includes a signal processing unit for processing a plurality of image signals in parallel, where the plurality of image signals are in one-to-one correspondence with predetermined filter components; a storage unit including storage areas in one-to-one correspondence with the filter ... 01/25/07 - 20070018073 - Cmos image sensor device with beehive pattern color sensor cell array A CMOS image sensor cell includes a first pixel area in which at least one first photodiode is disposed for generating a first sense signal in response to a photo-signal of a first color; a second pixel area neighboring the first pixel area, in which at least one second photodiode ... 01/18/07 - 20070012865 - High-sensitivity optical scanning using memory integration An inspection system includes a CMOS integrated circuit having integrally formed thereon an at least two dimensional array of photosensors and providing an inspection output representing an object to be inspected. A defect analyzer is operative to receive the inspection output and to provide a defect report. ... 01/18/07 - 20070012864 - Camera module fabrication method An image sensor package includes an image sensor, a window, and a molding, where the molding includes a lens holder extension portion extending upwards from the window. The lens holder extension portion includes a female threaded aperture extending from the window such that the window is exposed through the aperture. ... 01/18/07 - 20070012863 - Cmos image sensor and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a CMOS image sensor and a manufacturing method thereof. The present CMOS image sensor comprises: first, second, and third photo diodes and a plurality of transistors spaced at a predetermined distance in a semiconductor substrate; a diffusion blocking layer on substantially an entire surface of the substrate, including ... 01/18/07 - 20070012862 - Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and computer program An image processing apparatus capable of easily acquiring original data includes an image data storage unit adapted to store data contained in an image, an image reading unit adapted to convert the contents of a paper document into an image by photoelectric conversion, a region specifying unit adapted to partially ... 01/18/07 - 20070012861 - Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; and a plurality of photodiodes arranged in a surface of the semiconductor substrate, each of the photodiodes having a predetermined shape and being divided into: a first split pixel occupying a central region of a photo acceptance surface of each of the ... 01/11/07 - 20070007435 - Image reading apparatus An image reading apparatus that includes: an image sensor that outputs image signals in parallel from each block composed of an element group, photoelectric conversion elements arrayed in a main scanning direction being divided into the blocks; a serial transmission section that serializes and outputs the image signals outputted in ... 01/11/07 - 20070007434 - Linear dynamic range enhancement in a cmos imager A CMOS imager with increased linear dynamic range but without degradation in noise, responsivity, linearity, fixed-pattern noise, or photometric calibration comprises a linear calibrated dual gain pixel in which the gain is reduced after a pre-defined threshold level by switching in an additional capacitance. The pixel may include a novel ... 01/11/07 - 20070007433 - Method of image joining for scanner An image joining method for a scanner that scans and transfers image data to a terminal is provided. During scanning and data transfer, when the image data stored in a register is full, an image processor stops the scanning of a linear photodetector. Meanwhile, a matrix photodetector fetches and stores ... 01/11/07 - 20070007432 - Apparatus and method for acquiring and evaluating an image from a predetermined extract of a printed product An apparatus for acquiring and evaluating an image of a predetermined extract of a printed product removes the effects of scattered light to improve the accuracy of image evaluation. The apparatus uses a camera that has an electronic image sensor with a two-dimensional arrangement of sensor elements. An aperture stop ... 01/04/07 - 20070001099 - Method and apparatus for inspecting solid-state image pick-up device A method for inspecting a solid-state image pickup device by irradiating a solid-state image pickup device with measuring light emitted from a light source, wherein the light source is a surface light emitter comprising a plurality of pixels each including a combination of a red LED, a green LED and ... 01/04/07 - 20070001098 - Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device includes a substrate, a sensor cell array disposed on the substrate, the sensor cell array having a plurality of sensor cells arranged in a matrix, a plurality of signal lines for transferring an image signal output from each of the sensor cells, a plurality of amplifiers ... 01/04/07 - 20070001097 - Method and system for vehicular guidance using a crop image The method and system for vehicular guidance comprises an imaging device for collecting color image data to facilitate distinguishing crop image data (e.g., crop rows) from background data. A definer defines a series of scan line segments generally perpendicular to a transverse axis of the vehicle or of the imaging ... 01/04/07 - 20070001096 - Method and system for vehicular guidance using a crop image An imaging device collects color image data to facilitate distinguishing crop image data from background data. A definer defines a series of scan line segments generally perpendicular to a transverse axis of the vehicle or of the imaging device. An intensity evaluator determines scan line intensity data for each of ... 01/04/07 - 20070001095 - Rear vision system A rear vision system having a divided lens configuration and sensor array. The sensor array has a first, second section and third sections. The lens configuration includes a first portion directing a first field of view onto the first section of the sensor array, and a second portion directing a ... 01/04/07 - 20070001094 - Infrared filter for imagers Imaging devices with an infrared filter over a surface of the substrate and methods for forming the same are provided. The imager includes a plurality of pixels supported by the substrate. Each pixel includes a photosensor. The imager may also include a plurality of micro-lenses and a color filter array ... 12/21/06 - 20060284053 - Imaging module An imaging module is provided and includes: an imaging section that capturing an image of an object and outputs an image signal; a bus connected to the imaging means; a receiving section that receives the image signal through the bus; an image data generating section that generates an image data ... 12/21/06 - 20060284052 - Solid-state imaging device, solid-state imaging apparatus and manufacturing method thereof The two-stage concentric circle structure of the distributed index lens is formed by SiO2 (n=2) with the film thickness 1.2 μm (“grey color”), the film thickness 0.8 μm (“dots pattern”) and the film thickness of 0 μm (“without pattern: white color”), and the medium surrounding the distributed index lens 1 ... 12/21/06 - 20060284051 - Image sensor with anti-saturation function in pixel level In a CMOS image sensor of the invention, a dynamic range is varied at a per-pixel level by a light amount to prevent saturation without degrading color reproduction of an overall image. A photo diode generates charges in accordance with a received light amount. A drive transistor amplifies the charges ... 12/14/06 - 20060278812 - Charge mode active pixel sensor read-out circuit An apparatus such as an imager includes groups of sensors each of which includes subgroups of sensors. Subgroup select circuits are coupled to outputs from respective subgroups of sensors, and group select circuits are coupled to outputs from subgroup select circuits associated with respective ones of the groups. A bus ... 12/14/06 - 20060278811 - Pixel circuit with reduced wiring A pixel circuit of an image sensor includes a floating diffusion node and a reset transistor. The reset transistor is coupled between the floating diffusion node and a reset control signal node of another pixel circuit of the image sensor. A voltage applied on the reset control signal node of ... 12/14/06 - 20060278810 - Image pickup unit and image pickup apparatus An image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup device comprising a bare chip and having an image pickup area and a mount area on the same face; an electric board having the image pickup device mounted thereon; and a support having an opening. The support is disposed on the rear ... 12/14/06 - 20060278809 - Pixel individual anti-eclipse circuit and its operation manner An anti-eclipse circuit of an image pixel includes a pixel coupled to a pixel output line and a circuit for receiving and storing a pixel reset voltage from the pixel on the pixel output line and for using the stored pixel reset voltage as a parameter to control a reset ... 12/07/06 - 20060273242 - System and method for characterizing aerial image quality in a lithography system While a high-resolution 2-dimensional image reconstruction is expected to give the maximum possible amount of information on the aerial image in a projection system, relevant information regarding image quality can be derived from a statistical evaluation of image values. Relevant statistical image data can be derived by sampling at a ... 12/07/06 - 20060273241 - Cmos aps shared amplifier pixel with symmetrical field effect transistor placement An image sensor includes a plurality of photodetectors arranged in an array; and a plurality of transistors that are functionally shared by the photodetectors, wherein a distance of each photodetector to an adjacent transistor is substantially the same. ... 12/07/06 - 20060273240 - Shared amplifier pixel with matched coupling capacitances A method of making an image sensor, the method includes the steps of providing a plurality of pixels each with a photodetector; providing an amplifier that is shared between the plurality of photodetectors; providing a transfer gate associated with each photodetector; providing a charge-to-voltage conversion region that is shared between ... 12/07/06 - 20060273239 - Asymmetrical microlenses on pixel arrays An image sensor includes a plurality of photosensitive sites; a plurality of asymmetrical-shaped microlenses positioned spanning the photosensitive sites; wherein incoming light is directed in a predetermined direction by an asymmetrical surface of the asymmetrical-shaped microlenses onto the photosensitive sites for capturing the light in a substantially uniform manner. ... 12/07/06 - 20060273238 - Optical sensor A signal processing circuit 20 has switches 21, a shift register 22, and an integrating circuit 23, and outputs voltages Vout indicating luminance profiles in a second direction and in a first direction of light incident to a photosensitive region 10. The switches 21 are provided corresponding to groups of ... 11/30/06 - 20060266926 - System and method for sensing using adjustable modulation transfer function (mtf) A variable modulated transfer function (MTF) design employing a variable gate voltage source for use in inspecting specimens is disclosed. The design applies a variable gate voltage to each pixel of a sensor, wherein applying the variable gate voltage to each pixel adjusts the MTF of the pixel. MTF adjustment ... 11/30/06 - 20060266925 - Active pixel sensor cell with integrating varactor and method for using such cell An active pixel sensor cell including at least one photodiode and reset circuitry and an integrating varactor coupled to the photodiode, a method for reading out such a cell, and an image sensor including an array of such cells. The photodiode can be exposed to photons during an exposure interval ... 11/30/06 - 20060266924 - Pixel with differential readout An imager in which two adjacent pixels share row and reset lines and a row selection circuitry while the output transistors of the two pixels are configured as a differential amplifier. In operation, both pixels are reset at the same time, causing differential reset signals to be output from the ... 11/30/06 - 20060266923 - Solid-state imaging device, driving method therefor, and imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes the following: a pixel array section in which a plurality of pixels are two-dimensionally arranged, each of the pixels outputting an image signal; and a column circuit area including a plurality of column circuits. In the solid-state imaging device, a vertical signal line through which ... 11/30/06 - 20060266922 - Pinned-photodiode pixel with global shutter An image sensor includes a two-dimensional array of pixels having a photodetector for collecting charge in response to incident light; a storage region adjacent the photodetector that receives the charge from the photodetector; a sense node adjacent the storage region that receives the charge from the storage region and converts ... 11/30/06 - 20060266921 - Image sensor for semiconductor light-sensing device and image processing apparatus using the same The invention relates to an image sensor and an image processing apparatus using the same having a color filter array with open window cells alternating with single color filter cells. The image sensor includes a lens array containing a plurality of microlenses, a color filter array having a plurality of ... 11/23/06 - 20060261251 - In-pixel ktc noise suppression using circuit techniques A circuit and method for reducing kTC noise in CMOS imagers while minimizing power dissipation is disclosed. Correlated double sampling (CDS) is performed within each pixel such that the reset voltage and the integration voltage are sampled and stored within the pixel until the voltages are forwarded to a differential ... 11/23/06 - 20060261250 - Solid-state image-sensing device To provide a solid-state image sensing device that is capable of improving the connection reliability of bonding pads and bonding wires. A solid-state image sensing element 1 of the present invention contains a long plate-shaped metal substrate 16, a long plate-shaped solid-state image sensing element 4 fixed to the surface ... 11/23/06 - 20060261249 - Image sensor The image sensor includes a plurality of pixels, arranged in rows and columns to form a pixel array, each pixel having a pixel output. The image sensor includes at least two column bitlines for each pixel column, each column bitline connected to each pixel output in the pixel column and ... 11/23/06 - 20060261248 - Direction-turning device for the lens of a camera phone A direction-turning device for the lens of a camera phone is contained in a chamber dug through the front side of to the rear side of the camera phone and covered with a transparent window at its front and rear opening respectively, including a lens base fitted in the chamber ... 11/23/06 - 20060261247 - System and method for image identification employed thereby A method for image identification is to be implemented using a target and an image sensor. The target is provided with base marks that are non-collinear and that are assigned with distinct identification codes, and an orienting mark that is disposed relative to an imaginary line interconnecting two of the ... 11/23/06 - 20060261246 - Pixel circuit for image sensor A pixel circuit for an image sensor uses a common reset transistor for resetting both of a photodiode node and a memory node. Respective transfer gates connect the common reset transistor to the photodiode node and to the memory node, and connect photodiode node and the memory node to each ... 11/23/06 - 20060261245 - Optical sensing device A first integrating circuit 23 converts and outputs electric currents, which are successively input from first groups of photosensitive portions via first switches 21, into and as a voltage. A first CDS circuit 24 outputs a voltage that is in accordance with the variation amount of the voltage from the ... 11/16/06 - 20060255243 - Image displaying apparatus An image displaying apparatus displaying a color image with favorable quality on a predetermined surface comprises; light source unit for emitting light beams within different wavelength ranges optically modulated by image information; light combining unit for combining light beams from the light source unit into a light beam; scanning unit ... 11/16/06 - 20060255242 - Image display apparatus and image pickup apparatus having the same An image forming apparatus for displaying an image at a scanned position according to the present invention includes light source unit emitting a light beam optically modulated based on image/video information, scanning unit scanning the light beam emitted from the light source unit two-dimensionally, an optical system that guides the ... 11/16/06 - 20060255241 - Integrated circuit device, microcomputer, and monitoring camera system An integrated circuit device having a transmitter function for transmitting data to outside through a network. The integrated circuit device includes: an image change detection circuit which receives pixel-unit image data captured by imaging means in time series, sets one or more areas in an image represented by the image ... 11/16/06 - 20060255240 - Back-illuminated image device A back-illuminated image sensor has a converting layer 21, charge collecting portions 24, and suppressing regions 23 and 29. The converting layer 21 for converting an incident beam into signal charges is formed on one side of an incident face 8 on which an incident beam is irradiated. The converting ... 11/09/06 - 20060249656 - Manufacturing method for photoelectric package structure having two-layered substrate and control chip A manufacturing method for a photoelectric package structure having a two-layered substrate and a control chip is proposed. The photoelectric package structure provided in the present invention is easy for installing chips and concentrates light emitted therefrom and prevents external light interference. The package structure of the present invention is ... 11/09/06 - 20060249655 - Image sensor including variable ramping slope and method An image sensor an image sensor includes an image sensing element which converts incident light into an analogue signal, a voltage generator which includes a variable resistor circuit and which generates a ramping voltage, where a slope of the ramping voltage is variable and corresponds a resistance value of the ... 11/09/06 - 20060249654 - Pixel with spatially varying sensor positions An image sensor including a substrate, at least one metal layer, and a plurality of pixels arranged in array. Each pixel includes a sense element disposed in the substrate and at least one metal interconnect segment disposed in the at least one metal layer. The array includes a pair of ... 11/09/06 - 20060249653 - Pixel with spatially varying metal route positions An image sensor including an array of pixels having an optical center, the array including a first pixel substantially at a first distance from the optical center in a first direction and a second pixel substantially at the first distance from the optical center in a second direction which is ... 11/09/06 - 20060249652 - Methods and systems for pixilation processing of precision, high-speed scanning Methods systems and computer readable media for converting a data stream from a precision, high speed scan process into pixel data and accurately locating the pixel data relative to the substrate that was scanned, wherein the substrate is scanned to provide sample signals at a high rate of sampling to ... 11/02/06 - 20060243891 - Pixel circuit with multiple readout circuits and methods of operation thereof A pixel cell allows both correlated double sampling (CDS) and automatic light control (ALC) operations through a non-destructive, parallel readout. An image sensor may include an array of pixel cells, some or all of which include a photosensor with two readout circuits attached; peripheral circuitry can sample charges generated from ... 11/02/06 - 20060243890 - Pixel binning in an image sensor Embodiments provide structures and methods for binning pixel signals of a pixel array. Pixel signals for pixels in an element of the array are binned simultaneously. Pixels in an element are located in a plurality of rows and columns. In exemplary embodiments, pixel voltage signals or pixel current signals are ... 11/02/06 - 20060243889 - Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Microelectronic imager assemblies comprising a workpiece including a substrate and a plurality of imaging dies on and/or in the substrate. The substrate includes a front side and a back side, and the imaging dies comprise imaging sensors at the front side of the substrate and external contacts operatively coupled to ... 11/02/06 - 20060243888 - Device and methods for the acquisition and automatic processing of data obtained from optical codes The device for the acquisition and automatic processing of data obtained from optical codes comprises a CMOS optical sensor; an analog processing unit connected to the optical sensor; an analog/digital conversion unit connected to the analog processing unity; a logic control unit connected to the CMOS optical sensor, the analog ... 11/02/06 - 20060243887 - High dynamic range pixel amplifier A pixel cell with increased dynamic range is formed by providing a floating diffusion region having a variable capacitance, controlled by at least one gate having source and drain regions commonly connected to the floating diffusion region. The gate has an intrinsic capacitance which, when the gate is activated, is ... 11/02/06 - 20060243886 - Apparatus for and method of adjusting write start position An image forming apparatus includes: a latent image carrier that includes an effective image region which has a predetermined width along a main scanning direction; a latent image forming unit that has a structure in which a deflection mirror surface makes a light beam scan in a second scan region ... 11/02/06 - 20060243885 - Image sensor and control method of the image sensor An image sensor has plural array blocks B1 to B20 arranged in a two dimensional (2D) arrangement. Each array block has a sub array and a corresponding analogue to digital (A/D) converter for performing an A/D conversion of light signals (or detection signals) output from the sub array. The sub ... 11/02/06 - 20060243884 - Camera module A camera module includes a module structure constituted by a lens unit to which an image pickup lens is attached and a package to which an imaging element is attached so as to be opposite to the image pickup lens. An optical filter is arranged between the imaging element and ... 11/02/06 - 20060243883 - Solid state imaging device, method of driving solid state imaging device and image pickup apparatus When an addition/averaging process is done for pixels in the same color in a unit pixel block in a stage reading pixel information to a horizontal signal line, the addition/averaging process is also done for a noise component added in a signal process from the pixels to the horizontal signal ... 11/02/06 - 20060243882 - In-vehicle image module An in-vehicle image module for imaging a light image of an outside of an automotive vehicle includes: an imager having multiple image elements, which are disposed to be a square lattice pattern; an optical system for focusing the light image on the imager. The imager includes an upper imager and ... 10/26/06 - 20060237630 - Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus has an imaging device, which photo-electrically converts an optical image every pixel, and scans the image using X-Y address to acquire an image signal. A read controller generates a read pulse for selecting a pixel in a row or column direction and successively performing a read operation ... 10/26/06 - 20060237629 - Solid-state image sensor with an optical black area having pixels for detecting black level A digital camera includes an image sensor having an array of CCD (Charge-Coupled Device) cells on which an optical image is focused via a lens and a shutter. The image sensor produces an image signal by photoelectric conversion. The image signal is clamped by an analog front end circuit, which ... 10/26/06 - 20060237628 - Identifying a photoelectric sensor array size A number of pixels in at least one dimension of a sensor array 30 of photoelectric devices is determined by first accumulating charge in a readout register 32 of the sensor array. Clock pulses are applied to the readout register to read out accumulated charge 40 from the readout register ... 10/26/06 - 20060237627 - Direct detect sensor for flat panel displays Each sensor of a linear array of sensors includes, in part, a sensing electrode and an associated feedback circuit. The sensing electrodes are adapted to be brought in proximity to a flat panel having formed thereon a multitude of pixel electrodes in order to capacitively measure the voltage of the ... 10/26/06 - 20060237626 - Digital camera A digital camera has a display screen that improves an external design of the digital camera. The display screen is disposed on a front surface of the digital camera, which surface faces a subject when an image-taking optical system is directed to the subject. The display screen is capable of ... 10/26/06 - 20060237625 - Ergonomic image recorder The invention relates to small dimension image recorders, such as an image recorder, comprising a matrix of rows and columns of photosensitive points, arranged on a chip of a generally square or rectangular form with believed corners, characterised in comprising a reading register arranged at the base of the matrix. ... 10/19/06 - 20060231739 - Pattern layout of cmos image sensor A solid-state image pickup device comprises pixels and output circuits. The pixels are arranged two-dimensionally with a vertical and a horizontal, with pixels vertically adjacent to each other forming a pair. The output circuits are provided so as to extend from the spacing part of a pair of pixels vertically ... 10/19/06 - 20060231738 - Ccd device A CCD device includes multiplication elements arranged so as to multiply charge by clocking with a high voltage. An additional region beneath the high voltage electrode is so doped in relation to at least the preceding electrode as to have a higher depleted charge density than under the preceding electrode. ... 10/19/06 - 20060231737 - Light emitting diode element Glass for covering a light emitting diode element, which has an internal transmittance of at least 80% with thickness of 1 mm for a light having a wavelength of 405. nm and which consists essentially of, as represented by mol % based on the following oxides, from 40 to 53% ... 10/19/06 - 20060231736 - Image forming apparatus and image formation controlling method An image forming apparatus comprising: a document reading section that can read an image of a document; a document-type determining section that can extract, when the image includes a finishing mark or a characteristic form, the finishing mark or the characteristic form as a characteristic portion from the readout document ... 10/19/06 - 20060231735 - Method for calibrating deviation of oecfs and apparatus thereof A method suitable for calibrating the deviation of opto-electronic conversion functions (OECFs) in an imaging apparatus is provided. The method of calibrating the deviation of OECFs comprises the following steps. First, the imaging apparatus captures a first image. Next, the imaging apparatus performs an image calibration process with respect to ... 10/19/06 - 20060231734 - Generation and storage of column offsets for a column parallel image sensor The plural signal chains of an imaging device are calibrated in the digital domain. The pixel array of the imaging device includes a row of calibration pixels. The column circuitry, prior to reading a row of pixels, reads the row of calibration pixels in order to obtain a set of ... 10/19/06 - 20060231733 - Multi-point correlated sampling for image sensors An improved passive pixel sensor (PPS) circuit comprising a correlated sampling circuit and method that integrates pixel charge leakage onto an integrating amplifier during sampling periods. An integrator circuit is provided for integrating PPS pixel charges received via a column line, and correlated sampling circuit is provided for the removal ... 10/19/06 - 20060231732 - Method and apparatus employing dynamic element matching for reduction of column-wise fixed pattern noise in a solid state imaging sensor An imager having a switching circuit that couples pixel columns to different sample and hold circuits to reduce the noticeability of column-wise fixed pattern noise. A controller randomly couples a pixel column to a sample and hold circuit, therefore fixed pattern noise emanating from a particular sample and hold circuit ... 10/12/06 - 20060226342 - Solid state imaging device A solid state imaging device comprises a color filter, a pixel, and first and a second output lines. The color filter has color filter components of a first and second color. Each pixel is covered by the color filter component and has a photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element ... 10/12/06 - 20060226341 - Image sensing apparatus An image sensing apparatus has a light flux splitter disposed between a lens that focuses light flux of an object image on an image sensing surface and that image sensing surface and that branches the light flux of the object image out of an image sensing light path, a light ... 10/12/06 - 20060226340 - Optical axis adjusting mechanism for x-ray lens, x-ray analytical instrument, and method of adjusting optical axis of x-ray lens An optical axis adjusting mechanism for an X-ray lens, an X-ray analytical instrument and a method of adjusting an optical axis of an X-ray lens, capable of enhancing detection efficiency of an X-ray while preventing degradation of the device performance are provided. An optical axis adjusting mechanism for an X-ray ... 10/12/06 - 20060226339 - Cmos image sensor and method of fabricating the same Provided are a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and a method of fabricating the same, where the CMOS image sensor includes a photodiode, a drive transistor, a reset transistor, and a selection transistor; the drive transistor includes a threshold voltage adjustment region doped with impurities of a type ... 10/12/06 - 20060226338 - Color image forming apparatus A color image forming apparatus of a so-called tandem type which has image forming units in correspondence with colors is provided. In the color image forming apparatus, a color discrepancy amount storage unit stores information of a color discrepancy amount of each of the image forming units, which is measured ... 10/12/06 - 20060226337 - Digital image denoising Denoising of a plurality of pixels of a color digital image includes analyzing the plurality of pixels to identify those pixels having a high likelihood of containing significant noise; and forcing those pixels having a high likelihood of containing significant noise to be photometrically coherent with nearby pixels having a ... 10/05/06 - 20060219869 - Three-dimensional shape detecting device, image capturing device, and three-dimensional shape detecting program A three-dimensional shape detecting device (comprising projection means which projects pattern light, image capturing means which captures a pattern light projection image of a subject on which the pattern light is projected, and three-dimensional shape calculation means which calculates three-dimensional shape of the subject based on a locus of the ... 10/05/06 - 20060219868 - Solid-state image-sensing device In a solid-state image-sensing device, by global shuttering, whereby image sensing is performed simultaneously in all the pixels, a potential commensurate with the amount of light incident on a buried diode PD is held in an N-type floating diffusion region FD. Then a noise signal is outputted, and then the ... 10/05/06 - 20060219867 - Solid-state image pickup device and method of manufacturing the same A solid-state image pickup device comprising a semiconductor substrate which comprises a substrate body containing P-type impurities and a first N-type semiconductor layer containing N-type impurities, the first N-type semiconductor layer being provided on the substrate body, and including a first P-type semiconductor layer which contains p-type impurities, and which ... 10/05/06 - 20060219866 - Cmos image sensor having wide dynamic range A solid-state image sensing device includes a pixel unit, analog-to-digital converter, controller, and adder. In the pixel unit, cells are two-dimensionally arranged on a semiconductor substrate. An output analog signal from the pixel unit is converted into a digital signal by the analog-to-digital converter and output. The controller controls the ... 10/05/06 - 20060219865 - Apparatus for and method of correcting image in multi-function product An apparatus for correcting an image includes an image scanning unit, including a light source, that emits a beam generated by the light source toward a document, and scans an image of the document formed by a beam reflected from the document to obtain a scanned image; a beam brightness ... 10/05/06 - 20060219864 - Integrated ros bar An integrated imaging bar assembly. The single-assembly scan and imaging head comprises two sub-assemblies, one having a raster input bar and the other a raster output bar including their respective lens array systems. Each sub-assembly has a heat sink attached to its respective bar and the sub-assemblies are conjoined at ... 10/05/06 - 20060219863 - Obtaining data from a utility meter using image-based movement tracking Power data is obtained from a power meter that utilizes a rotatable element (e.g., a disk) by illuminating a spot on the rotatable element, capturing image information from the surface of the rotatable element, processing the image information to track movement of the rotatable element, and converting the movement information ... 10/05/06 - 20060219862 - Compact camera module with reduced thickness A compact camera module (CCM) assembly includes a flexible printed circuit board and a packaging substrate mounted at one end of the flexible printed circuit board. The packaging substrate has a cavity. An image signal processor chip is directly mounted on the flexible printed circuit board within the cavity of ... 10/05/06 - 20060219861 - Low-power surveillance sensor A system and a method of operating imaging sensors in a lower power manner. In one illustrative embodiment, an image sensor system includes a sensor controller coupled to a sensor array. The sensor controller may have a higher power state that is active when reading the sensor array and a ... 09/28/06 - 20060214087 - Imaging device and method, and imaging controlling apparatus and method Captured images free of noise are acquired with an arbitrary shutter speed. There is provided an imaging device that includes a solid-state image sensing device including a light-receiving unit in which there is disposed a plurality of light-receiving elements, vertical transfer units, and a horizontal transfer unit, the solid-state image ... 09/28/06 - 20060214086 - Physical quantity distribution detector, physical information acquiring method, and physical information acquiring device There is provided a physical information acquiring method of acquiring physical information for a predetermined purpose on the basis of change information that is acquired under predetermined detection conditions for a physical quantity using an portion for physical quantity distribution detection. The portion for physical quantity distribution detection includes a ... 09/28/06 - 20060214085 - Readout technique for increasing or maintaining dynamic range in image sensors The apparatus and method provide a readout technique and circuit for increasing or maintaining dynamic range of an image sensor. The readout technique and circuit process each pixel individually based on the magnitude of the readout signal. The circuit includes a gain amplifier amplifying the readout analog signal, a level ... 09/21/06 - 20060208163 - Cmos image sensor using shared transistors between pixels having mirror symmetry A CMOS image sensor that has reduced transistor count is disclosed. The individual pixels are formed by a photodiode and a transfer transistor. An output node receives the signal from the photodiode via the transfer transistor. The output node is shared between multiple pixels. Further, a reset transistor is coupled ... 09/21/06 - 20060208162 - Photoelectric conversion layer stack type color solid-state image sensing device A solid-state image sensing device comprising: a silicon substrate; a photoelectric conversion layer provided for absorbing a green light component to generate optical charge; and photodiodes provided in a shallow portion and in a deep portion respectively in a depth direction of the silicon substrate, wherein the solid-state image sensing ... 09/21/06 - 20060208161 - Solid state image pickup device and camera An solid state image pickup device including a plurality of photoelectric conversion regions (PD1, PD2) for generating carriers by photoelectric conversions to accumulate the generated carriers, an amplifying unit for amplifying the carriers, being commonly provided to at least two photoelectric conversion regions, a first and a second transfer units ... 09/21/06 - 20060208160 - Solid state image pickup device, method of manufacturing the same, and camera The solid state image pickup device includes a pixel, the pixel including: a photoelectric conversion region for generating carrier by photoelectric conversion and accumulating the carrier; a carrier holding region for accumulating carrier flowing out from the photoelectric conversion region during the photoelectric conversion region generates and accumulates carrier; a ... 09/21/06 - 20060208159 - Producing method for solid-state image pickup device The invention is to simplify a producing process for a solid-state image pickup device having pixels including MOS transistors, thereby improving productivity of the image pickup device. In a producing method for a solid-state image pickup device including pixels 100 each including a photoelectric conversion region 101 for generating photoelectrically ... 09/21/06 - 20060208158 - Solid-state image device, driving method thereof, and camera An object of the present invention is to provide a solid-state imaging device which is capable of suppressing horizontal shading in which light and shade is generated on a display screen in a left to right direction, without increasing the signal reading-out time, and the driving method of the device. ... 09/21/06 - 20060208157 - Document reading apparatus, image processing apparatus, image forming apparatus, and copying machine An opening detector detects a state of a platen whether the platen is “opened” at a level equal to or above a set opening degree or “closed” at a level less than the set opening degree. A reading controller starts lighting of an illumination lamp in response to a change ... 09/21/06 - 20060208156 - System and method of electronic image shifting for image stabilization An electronic image stabilization system includes an image sensor including an array of photo sensors. Each of the photo sensors accumulates charge responsive to light incident upon the sensor. A motion sensor develops a movement signal responsive to movement of the image stabilization system. A control circuit is coupled to ... 09/21/06 - 20060208155 - Error corrected optical navigation system An optical navigation system. The optical navigation system includes an image sensor capable of optical coupling to a surface of an object, a data storage device, and a navigation circuit. The data storage device is capable of storing successive images captured by the image sensor. The navigation circuit includes a ... 09/21/06 - 20060208154 - Environment radiation detector A method of obtaining information about radiation arising from within an environment includes providing a directionally sensitive radiation detector which has a field of view and providing a visual image capturing device which has an area of vision. The radiation for a field of view is measured, the field of ... 09/14/06 - 20060202107 - Scanning imager employing multiple chips with staggered pixels A solid state imaging system has at least one CMOS imager with first and second series of pixels in which the pixels of one series are offset, i.e., staggered, in respect to the pixels of the other series. Multiple imagers can be arrayed end to end, with jumper wires connecting ... 09/14/06 - 20060202106 - Image pickup device and electronic apparatus An image pickup device includes an optical member; a semiconductor image pickup element having a photoelectric converter for photoelectrically converting a light flux converged by the optical member into electric signal and for storing the electric signal thereon, and an analog circuit being adjacent to the photoelectric converter for outputting ... 09/14/06 - 20060202105 - Wavelength-converted semiconductor light emitting device A material such as a phosphor is optically coupled to a semiconductor structure including a light emitting region disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region, in order to efficiently extract light from the light emitting region into the phosphor. The phosphor may be phosphor grains in direct contact ... 09/14/06 - 20060202104 - Contact-type monolithic image sensor A thin monolithic image sensor of the invention is comprised of a laminated solid package composed essentially of an optical layer and an image-receiving layer placed on the top of the optical layer. The optical layer also comprises a laminated structure composed of at least an optical microlens-array sublayer and ... 09/07/06 - 20060197007 - Solid-state image pickup device, electronic apparatus using such solid-state image pickup device and method of manufacturing solid-state image pickup device A back-illuminated type solid-state image pickup device (1041) includes read circuits (Tr1, Tr2) formed on one surface of a semiconductor substrate (1042) to read a signal from a photo-electric conversion element (PD) formed on the semiconductor substrate (1042), in which electric charges (e) generated in a photo-electric conversion region (1052c1) ... 09/07/06 - 20060197006 - Image sensor, multi-chip module type image sensor and contact image sensor The invention is to suppress a loss in image quality resulting from a sensitivity difference among different colors and to suppress an increase in a chip area. The invention provides for example an image sensor including three light detecting element rows respectively having R, G and B color filters on ... 08/31/06 - 20060192082 - Three-dimensional shape detecting device, image capturing device, and three-dimensional shape detecting program Three-dimensional shape detecting means comprises: projection means which projects pattern light; image capturing means which captures a pattern light projection image of a subject on which the pattern light is projected; pattern light position extracting means which extracts a position of the pattern light projected on the subject based on ... 08/31/06 - 20060192081 - Imaging system, methodology, and applications employing reciprocal space optical design An imaging system, methodology, and various applications are provided to facilitate optical imaging performance. The system includes a sensor having one or more receptors and an image transfer medium to scale the sensor and receptors in accordance with resolvable characteristics of the medium. A computer, memory, and/or display associated with ... 08/31/06 - 20060192080 - Sheet conveying apparatus, image reading apparatus and image reading and forming apparatus A sheet conveying apparatus has a feeding port from which a sheet is fed, a discharging port from which the sheet is discharged, a U-shaped conveying path for guiding the sheet fed from the feeding port, and discharging it from the discharging port, and a pair of sheet conveying rotary ... 08/31/06 - 20060192079 - Image sensor An image sensor capable of arbitrarily outputting initialization potential from an output terminal of a light receiving device is provided. The electric potential of an external control signal of one chip out of plural linear image sensor ICs is arbitrarily fixed to make the first or last sensor IC chip ... 08/31/06 - 20060192078 - Apparatus and method for recognizing gestures and computer readable recording medium having embodied thereon computer program for executing the method A method of recognizing one or more gestures, and an apparatus to perform the method, the method including detecting positions at which light is emitted from a light emitter; and recognizing the one or more gestures according to a trajectory of the detected positions to perform a function corresponding to ... 08/31/06 - 20060192077 - Apparatus and method for a multi-resolution electro-optical imaging, display and storage/retrieval system A system for generating images of a specimen comprises: means for generating a signal representation of a shadow image of the specimen; means for increasing a resolution of the shadow image; magnifying means for generating a signal representation of an image of a scanning area of the specimen; display means ... 08/24/06 - 20060186319 - Photonic crystal-based filter for use in an image sensor The invention, in various exemplary embodiments, incorporates a photonic crystal filter into an image sensor. The photonic crystal filter comprises a substrate and a plurality of pillars forming a photonic crystal structure over the substrate. The pillars are spaced apart from each other. Each pillar has a height and a ... 08/24/06 - 20060186318 - Photonic crystal-based filter for use in an image sensor The invention, in various exemplary embodiments, incorporates a photonic crystal filter into an image sensor. The photonic crystal filter comprises a substrate and a plurality of pillars forming a photonic crystal structure over the substrate. The pillars are spaced apart from each other. Each pillar has a height and a ... 08/24/06 - 20060186317 - Methods for packaging microelectronic imagers Microelectronic imagers with prefabricated housings and methods of packaging microelectronic imagers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a microelectronic imager can include a microelectronic die, an image sensor, and an integrated circuit operatively coupled to the integrated circuit. The microelectronic imager also includes an optic unit having an optic member. ... 08/24/06 - 20060186316 - Photoelectric converting layer lamination type solid-state image pick-up device A photoelectric converting layer lamination type solid-state image pick-up device comprises: a semiconductor substrate; at least three layers of photoelectric converting layers each of which is interposed between a common electrode layer and pixel electrode layers, the pixel electrode layers corresponding to pixels respectively, wherein said at least three layers ... 08/24/06 - 20060186315 - Active pixel image sensors In one aspect, an imaging device is provided which includes first and second semiconductor chips and a digital interface. The first semiconductor chip includes an active pixel sensor, a digital input/output, and a plurality of control circuits, where transistors of the active pixel sensor are all n-type or p-type transistors, ... 08/24/06 - 20060186314 - Partially transparent mirror having selectively activated light portion A lighted mirror has a glass surface that is provided with a reflective layer beneath the glass, such as a reflective adhesive label, wherein the reflective layer does not cover the entire glass surface. The un-covered glass surface is treated with a thinly deposited layer of aluminum which is semi-transparent. ... 08/24/06 - 20060186313 - Solid state imaging device, method of driving solid state imaging device, and image pickup apparatus A solid state imaging device includes: a pixel array section in which pixels including photoelectric conversion elements are two dimensionally arranged; a vertical selector that sequentially applies selective scanning to respective rows of the pixel array section; and a controller that discharges, when a mode for reading out only pixel ... 08/17/06 - 20060180744 - Beam splitter and optical imaging systems incorporating same An optical imaging system comprises an input optical system, which collects light from a scene and directs the light onto an input optical path. The optical imaging system also comprises a beam splitter, which is moveable to a beam-splitting position where the beam splitter intercepts the light on the input ... 08/17/06 - 20060180743 - Ultra low voltage cmos image sensor architecture An optical sensor has at least one pixel that generates an output voltage that changes at a rate dependent on the light intensity incident on the pixel. The time for the pixel output voltage to change from a first predefined level to a second predefined level is measured, so as ... 08/17/06 - 20060180742 - Image sensor An image sensor includes: a pixel array having a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix form of rows and columns; and a plurality of power lines provided on the pixel array for providing the unit pixels with a power supply voltage, wherein the power lines are configured perpendicularly ... 08/17/06 - 20060180741 - Method and apparatus for dark current and hot pixel reduction in active pixel image sensors A method of operating an imager pixel that includes the act of applying a relatively small voltage on the gate of a transfer transistor during a charge acquisition period. If a small positive voltage is applied, a depletion region is created under the transfer transistor gate, which creates a path ... 08/10/06 - 20060175538 - Cmos active pixel sensor and active pixel sensor array using fingered type source follower transistor A CMOS active pixel sensor includes a photodiode, a transmitting transistor, a reset transistor, a fingered type source follower transistor and a selecting transistor, where the photodiode generates charge in response to incident light, the transmitting transistor transmits the charge stored in the photodiode to a sensing node, the reset ... 08/10/06 - 20060175537 - Imaging apparatus using saturation signal and photoelectric conversion signal to form image At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to an imaging apparatus which can include a plurality of pixel sections disposed in a two-dimensional pattern. Each pixel section can include a photoelectric conversion member, a semiconductor region holding a signal transferred from the photoelectric conversion member, a transfer switch transferring the ... 08/10/06 - 20060175536 - Cmos sensor array with a shared structure A CMOS sensor array includes a plurality of unit blocks. A unit block includes: N pairs of photo diode regions arranged in a first direction; 2N transfer transistors respectively corresponding to the photo diode regions, wherein each of the transfer transistors is formed at a corner of the corresponding photo ... 08/10/06 - 20060175535 - Image sensor An image sensor comprises an active pixel region that includes a plurality of unit pixels arranged in a matrix pattern, a first optical black region formed adjacent to the active pixel region, wherein a plurality of shaded unit pixels are arranged therein, a drain region formed adjacent to the first ... 08/10/06 - 20060175534 - Differential column readout scheme for cmos aps pixels The present invention provides an improved column readout circuitry and method of operation which minimizes substrate and other common mode noise during a read out operation. The circuit improves the consistency of the pixel to pixel output of the pixel array and increases the dynamic range of the pixel output. ... 08/10/06 - 20060175533 - Transport mechanism for carrying reagent box The present invention discloses a transport mechanism comprising an upper supporting board, a lower supporting board and a long board, wherein a X-direction guide groove is provided on said lower supporting board, and a guide rail is provided on said upper supporting board, the guide rail slidably engaging with the ... 08/10/06 - 20060175532 - Microelectronic imaging units and methods of manufacturing microelectronic imaging units Microelectronic imaging units and methods for manufacturing the microelectronic imaging units. In one embodiment, an imaging unit includes a support member, an imaging die attached to the support member, and a driving member attached to the imaging die and the support member. The imaging die includes an image sensor, an ... 08/10/06 - 20060175531 - Imaging device analysis methods, imaging device analysis systems, and articles of manufacture Imaging device analysis methods, imaging device analysis systems, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one embodiment, an imaging device analysis method includes providing a plurality of first responsivity values corresponding to a first responsivity function of an imaging device, first determining that error associated with the first responsivity ... 08/10/06 - 20060175530 - Sub-pixel resolution and wavefront analyzer system A sub-pixel resolution system that overcomes these and other problems has a number of optical sensors. Each of the optical sensors has a field of view that overlaps a neighboring optical sensors field of view. A number of contrast enhancement circuits are coupled between each of the optical sensors. An ... 08/03/06 - 20060169873 - Detector A detector includes a photosensitive array including at least one photosensitive surface. A focusing device focuses spectrally split light onto the photosensitive array. The focusing device is located in an optical path upstream from the photosensitive array. The focusing device includes a microlens array including at least one microlens. ... 08/03/06 - 20060169872 - Two-dimensional image detector A Pb plate and a base board loading electronic components such as a signal processing circuit and a power supply circuit are disposed on a case side so as to decrease the weight and the thickness of a sensor section. Besides, the case has a mechanical strength enough to support ... 08/03/06 - 20060169871 - Photoelectric conversion device, multichip image sensor, contact image sensor, and image scanner The invention provides a photoelectric conversion device, in which a decrease in sensitivity and a crosstalk between wirings are suppressed. Plural pixel columns are arranged in one direction, plural pixels are arranged in a different direction to the one direction in a column manner in the pixel column, and the ... 08/03/06 - 20060169870 - Image sensor with embedded optical element A pixel includes a surface configured to receive incident light and a floor formed by a semiconductor substrate. A photodetector is disposed in the floor. A dielectric structure is disposed between the surface and the floor. A volume of the dielectric structure between the surface and the photodetector provides an ... 07/27/06 - 20060163451 - Image sensor and method of fabrication Disclosed is an image sensor and method of fabricating the same. The image sensor includes a photoelectric transformation region formed in a semiconductor substrate, and pluralities of interlayer dielectric films formed over the photoelectric transformation regions. The interlayer dielectric films contain multilevel interconnection layers. A color filter layer is disposed ... 07/27/06 - 20060163450 - Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof In an image sensing apparatus adapted to apply user-settable image processing to a sensed image, display in an electronic viewfinder of an image to which a user-set image processing is applied and an image to which such image processing is not applied is switched with each passage of a predetermined ... 07/27/06 - 20060163449 - Planar fly's eye detector A fly's eye detector includes a planar imaging array and an optical system that directs light with different incident directions to different sensors in the imaging array. One embodiment of the optical system includes a curved reflector above the planar imaging array to deflect and distribute light to the sensors. ... 07/27/06 - 20060163448 - Optical sensing device First integrating circuits 110 convert electric currents from one group of photosensitive portions electrically connected to each other in a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction into voltages, and output the voltages. First S/H circuits 130 hold and output the voltages outputted from the first integrating circuits 110. ... 07/20/06 - 20060157644 - Scanning imager employing multiple chips with staggered pixels A solid state imaging system has at least one CMOS imager with first and second series of pixels in which the pixels of one series are offset, i.e., staggered, in respect to the pixels of the other series. Multiple imagers can be arrayed end to end, with jumper wires connecting ... 07/20/06 - 20060157643 - Method and system to enhance differential dynamic range and signal/noise in cmos range finding systems using differential sensors Dynamic range of a differential pixel is enhanced by injecting, synchronously or asynchronously, a fixed compensating offset (ΔV) into a differential signal capacitor whenever magnitude of the differential signal across the capacitor exceeds a predetermined value. The number (N) of ΔV offsets made is counted. Effective differential signal capacitor voltage ... 07/20/06 - 20060157642 - Solid state image sensor and manufacturing method therefor According to this invention, light incident on a microlens at a large incident angle can be efficiently guided to a photo-electric converting portion in a solid state image sensor. In a solid state image sensor having a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels includes a microlens which ... 07/20/06 - 20060157641 - Scanning method of image scanner An image scanner and scanning method thereof are provided. By simultaneously using two light emitting diodes of different colors as light sources and cooperatively performing simple image data computations, three color image signals are obtained so as to shorten the exposure time and improve signal-to-noise ratio of the image signal. ... 07/20/06 - 20060157640 - Apparatus and method for capturing still images and video using coded aperture techniques A system is described for capturing images comprising: a display for displaying graphical images and text; a plurality of apertures formed in the display; an image detector array configured behind the display and configured to sense light transmitted through the apertures in the display, the light reflected from a subject ... 07/20/06 - 20060157639 - Vehicle imaging processing system and method An imaging system for a vehicle is provided. The system includes an image sensor generating a plurality of image frames, and a controller coupled to the image sensor. The controller is programmed to detect an obstructed image frame from the plurality of image frames. The obstruction corresponds to a windshield ... 07/13/06 - 20060151683 - Method and system for real time correction of an image The optical aperture (21) of the optical sensor unit (10) has an acceptance angle such that at least 50%, alternatively 60%, alternatively 70%, alternatively 75% of the light received by the sensor (22) comes from light travelling within 15° of the optical axis of the light sensor (22). ... 07/13/06 - 20060151682 - Scanner and calibration method used therein A scanner and calibration method use therein. Setting first exposure duration and a second exposure duration for a transparency, wherein the first exposure duration is proportional to the second exposure duration. Scanning the transparency and a calibration area to produce a scan signal and a calibration signal, respectively, wherein the ... 07/13/06 - 20060151681 - Augmented photo-detector filter Method and systems related to obstructing a first predefined portion of at least one defined wavelength of light incident upon a first photo-detector array; and detecting the at least one defined wavelength of light with a photo-detector in a second photo-detector array. ... 07/06/06 - 20060145057 - Image sensor A image sensor has a plurality of microlens disposed across an image area in which centrally disposed red pixels are provided with smaller microlenses and peripherally disposed red pixels are provided with larger microlenses. The size differential, which amounts to a small percentage to compensate for a refractivity differential per ... 07/06/06 - 20060145056 - Image sensor having diffractive lens and method for fabricating the same An image sensor including a diffractive lens simplifies a fabrication process and minimizes loss. The image sensor includes a diffractive lens as an inner lens between a color filter portion and a photodiode for compensating sensitivity to a light received. A method for fabricating the image sensor includes forming a ... 07/06/06 - 20060145055 - Image sensor and method for fabricationg the same An image sensor having self-aligned microlenses and a method for fabricating the same. The image sensor includes a photodiode formed in a predetermined surface of a silicon substrate, a planarization layer formed above the silicon substrate, the planarization layer having a recess in correspondence to the photodiode, and a color ... 06/29/06 - 20060138305 - Optical writing device and method of manufacturing the same A plurality of photo emitters are arrayed on a transparent substrate in a first direction to form at least one photo emitter array. An electrode is provided on the substrate and electrically connected to the photo emitters in common. A dimension of the electrode in a second direction perpendicular to ... 06/29/06 - 20060138304 - Wire-bondable image sensor having integral contaminant shadowing reduction structure A wire-bondable image sensor having an integral contaminant shadowing reduction structure is described. In one aspect, an image sensor includes a substrate that has a side supporting at least one imaging area and at least one wirebonding area. Light detectors are constructed and arranged to receive light through the imaging ... 06/22/06 - 20060131478 - Concave sensor and emitter arrays with integral lens The invention described herein represents a significant improvement in creating low profile light segmenting devices for cameras, sensors, lighting, and information displays. Photon sensors and/or photon emitters are positioned along the focal curve of a lens so as to efficiently collect light from discrete portions of the background and efficiently ... 06/22/06 - 20060131477 - Optical integrated circuit package An optical device and method for making the same is disclosed. The device includes having a circuit element that is located in an opaque enclosure. The circuit element includes a die having an optical integrated circuit mounted on a carrier. The carrier includes a plurality of conductors connected to the ... 06/08/06 - 20060118698 - Image sensor device and manufacturing method thereof An image sensor device including a substrate, a plurality of photo sensors, a dielectric layer, a planar layer, a plurality of color filters, a plurality of microlenses, and a shield layer is provided. The photo sensors are disposed in the substrate, and the dielectric layer is disposed over the photo ... 06/01/06 - 20060113461 - Dark current reduction circuitry for cmos active pixel sensors A row driver circuit is disclosed for supplying a reset voltage to a plurality of reset transistors of an active pixel sensor array while minimizing gate induced drain leakage (GIDL). The row driver circuit is configured to supply a high voltage level (e.g., Vdd or higher) to the reset transistors ... 06/01/06 - 20060113460 - Image sensor with optimized wire routing An image sensor that has a pixel array with a plurality of pixels. Each pixel includes a photodiode. The sensor includes a row decoder and a light reader that are connected to the pixel array by a plurality of conductive traces. In the outer areas of the pixel array the ... 06/01/06 - 20060113459 - Image sensor having resolution adjustment employing an analog column averaging/row averaging for high intensity light or row binning for low intensity light A photo-sensor image resolution adjustment apparatus is in communication with an array of image photo-sensors that are organized in columns and rows and have multiple sensor types arranged in a pattern such as a Bayer pattern to detect light. The photo-sensor image resolution adjustment apparatus has a photo-sensor array decimation ... 06/01/06 - 20060113458 - Column averaging/row averaging circuit for image sensor resolution adjustment in high intensity light environment A photo-sensor image resolution adjustment apparatus is in communication with an array of image photo-sensors that are organized in columns and rows and have multiple sensor types arranged in a pattern such as a Bayer pattern to detect light. The photo-sensor image resolution adjustment apparatus has a photo-sensor array decimation ... 05/25/06 - 20060108509 - Systems and methods for multi-modal imaging The invention relates to imaging systems that include a coded aperture detection system and an optical detection system. The coded aperture detection system is configured to detect radiation emitted by a radionuclide present within an object and to provide a first detector signal from the detected radiation. The optical detection ... 05/25/06 - 20060108508 - Method and apparatus for high speed imaging A novel method and apparatus is described for imaging at high speed from digital data. This method is an improvement on the present art in two significant manners. The means for generating the light and the use of large number of independent light sources in an internal drum imaging geometry, ... 05/25/06 - 20060108507 - Active pixel sensor and image sensing module An active pixel sensor includes a photosensitive element, and first and second transistors. The photosensitive element generates an electrical signal in response to detected light, and updates the electrical signal in response to a reset signal. The first transistor is coupled electrically to the photosensitive element, and amplifies the electrical ... 05/25/06 - 20060108506 - Column averaging/row binning circuit for image sensor resolution adjustment in lower intensity light environment A photo-sensor image resolution adjustment apparatus is in communication with an array of image photo-sensors that are organized in columns and rows and have multiple sensor types arranged in a pattern such as a Bayer pattern to detect light. The photo-sensor image resolution adjustment apparatus has a photo-sensor array decimation ... 05/25/06 - 20060108505 - Imaging systems and methods Imaging systems and methods are provided. One exemplary system incorporates multiple lenses that are individually configured to receive multi-wavelength light from an object to be imaged. Each lens provides an optimal modulation transfer function (MTF) for an individual wavelength contained in the multi-wavelength light when this individual wavelength of light ... 05/25/06 - 20060108504 - Solid state imager A charge division arrangement for a CCD device for producing a divided charge output from an input charge, comprising an input for receiving an input charge, an array of elements and an output. The array of elements being arranged in rows and columns and having clock connections to allow charge ... 05/18/06 - 20060102827 - Solid-state imaging device Provided is a solid-state imaging device which can obtain an output characteristic without preventing linearity even in a high light-intensity range, and at the same time achieve a much wider dynamic range. The solid-state imaging device 1 includes: a photo-detecting element (a photoelectric transducer PD) for transducing incident light to ... 05/11/06 - 20060097132 - Cmos image sensor and related method of operation Provided is a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor. The CMOS image sensor includes a pixel array unit having a matrix-type array of unit pixels, each unit pixel including a charge transfer element transferring charge collected in a photoelectric conversion element to a charge detection element. The charge transfer ... 05/11/06 - 20060097131 - Imaging unit and image reading apparatus A first light source is adapted to illuminate a first object with first light. A first sensor includes a first light receiving element adapted to detect the first light by way of the first object. A second sensor includes a second light receiving element adapted to detect a second light ... 05/11/06 - 20060097130 - Image sensing device including image sensor with high dynamic range An image sensor with a high dynamic range is provided. The image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate, a plurality of light-receiving elements formed on the semiconductor substrate, and light-shield films formed on upper ends of some of the light-receiving elements to partially block light incident upon each of the some ... 05/11/06 - 20060097129 - Lens module structure A lens module structure includes an image sensing chip disposed on the first side of a substrate and electrically coupled to the substrate through wires. A memory chip and a control chip are soldered onto a second surface of the substrate, and a solderable output unit terminal is provided on ... 05/04/06 - 20060091292 - Solid state detector and method of manufacturing same Deterioration of a photoconductive layer is prevented, by suppressing the application of heat during connection of a second electrode with an external terminal. A solid state detector is constituted by: an external terminal, which is electrically connected to a voltage source for applying a recording voltage to the second electrode ... 05/04/06 - 20060091291 - Solid state detector and method of manufacturing same Deterioration of a photoconductive layer is prevented, by suppressing the application of heat during connection of a second electrode with an external terminal. A solid state detector is constituted by: an external terminal, which is electrically connected to a voltage source for applying a recording voltage to the second electrode ... 05/04/06 - 20060091290 - Semiconductor image sensor module, method for manufacturing the same as well as camera and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor image sensor module 1 at least includes a semiconductor image sensor chip 2 having a transistor forming region on a first main surface of a semiconductor substrate and having a photoelectric conversion region with a light incident surface formed on a second main surface on the side opposite ... 05/04/06 - 20060091289 - Imaging system A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming an image signal by receiving a flux of photons at a convex photodetector such as a hemispherical photodetector. The convex photodetector includes a plurality of photosensors. Each photosensor has a different orientation with respect to a propagation vector of the flux of ... 05/04/06 - 20060091288 - Method and system for cancellation of ambient light using light frequency Compensation of the effects of uncontrolled light in an imaging system using a controlled light source. Light from the controlled light source reflected by an object and uncontrolled light are detected in a plurality of frequency ranges. Intensity of the uncontrolled light is determined based on the varying sensitivity of ... 04/27/06 - 20060086890 - Package structure of image sensor device An image sensor package mainly includes a substrate cover having a chip cavity, an image sensor chip, a flexible circuit, and a transparent carrier. The flexible circuit is attached to the transparent carrier. The image sensor chip is flip-chip mounted on the flexible circuit, and then the substrate cover is ... 04/20/06 - 20060081766 - Image sensing apparatus An image sensing apparatus is provided, which is provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the ... 04/20/06 - 20060081765 - Semiconductor integrated circuit device having a plurality of photo detectors and processing elements A semiconductor integrated circuit device, having a plurality of processing elements accommodated on a single semiconductor chip, has a latch circuit and a selecting circuit. The latch circuit is provided at an output of each of the processing elements. The selecting circuit selects an input source from a group consisting ... 04/20/06 - 20060081764 - Coherent imaging that utilizes orthogonal transverse mode diversity A technique for imaging an object with a coherent beam of electromagnetic radiation involves sequencing at least a portion of the coherent beam through a set of orthogonal transverse spatial modes and summing the output signals that result from set of orthogonal transverse spatial modes. To create an image of ... 04/20/06 - 20060081763 - Image reading apparatus and circuit board unit used therefor An image reading apparatus (X) includes a light source, a case (2) for accommodating the light source, and a substrate (8) mounted to the case (8). A plurality of sensor IC chips (7) for detecting the light traveling from an image reading region are mounted on the substrate (8). The ... 04/13/06 - 20060076472 - Single chip stereo imaging system with dual array design A stereo imaging chip is presented that contains two imaging arrays located at opposite edges of the chip. Support circuitry, including a computational unit, is located on the chip in areas not occupied by the imaging arrays. A FPGA located on the chip is used to provide instructions to the ... 04/06/06 - 20060071148 - Pixel with differential readout An imager in which two adjacent pixels share row and reset lines and a row selection circuitry while the output transistors of the two pixels are configured as a differential amplifier. In operation, both pixels are reset at the same time, causing differential reset signals to be output from the ... 04/06/06 - 20060071147 - Image sensor and pixel that has variable capacitance output or floating node A pixel and image sensor formed in accordance with the present invention has two modes of operation: a 3T mode and a 4T mode. The present invention switches from a 3T to a 4T mode based upon the amount of illumination on the image sensor. The amount of illumination on ... 03/30/06 - 20060065814 - Row driven imager pixel An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry provides output signals based on charge or voltage of a storage node. The operating voltage can be selectively provided to ... 03/30/06 - 20060065813 - Radiation image detector A TFT readout system radiation image detector capable of satisfactorily removing noise signals generated by the parasitic capacitors formed in the vicinity of the respective intersections between gate control signal lines and charge signal lines. The detector includes charge detecting elements for storing charges generated by receiving radiation; gate control ... 03/30/06 - 20060065812 - Line head and image forming apparatus A line head includes a light-emitting element line in which a plurality of light-emitting elements, each being interposed between one electrode and another electrode, are arranged; and driving circuits that drive the light-emitting elements on the light-emitting element line, respectively. A power supply wiring line connected to the one electrode ... 03/30/06 - 20060065811 - Wide dynamic range cmos image sensor having controllabale photo-response characteristic and control method thereof A wide dynamic range CMOS image sensor is invented for easily changing a photo-response characteristic between a linear response and a logarithmic response without altering any hardware. A method of controlling the photo-response characteristic is also provided in which: the reset signal generator of the CMOS image sensor sets the ... 03/23/06 - 20060060753 - Cmos imaging for alc and cds Embodiments of the invention provide pixel cells that allow both automatic light control and correlated double sampling operations. The pixel cell includes first and second photo-conversion devices that can be separately read out. For example, the second photo-conversion device can be the pixel cells' floating diffusion region, with an area ... 03/23/06 - 20060060752 - Information detection device and information detection display device An information detection device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: light sensing units generating photocurrents according to light amount and outputting sensor data signals based on the photocurrent; sensor scanning lines receiving sensor scanning signals from a sensor scanning driver and controlling the output of the sensor ... 03/23/06 - 20060060751 - Optical discharge apparatus and image forming apparatus containing the same In an optical discharge apparatus used in an electrographic image forming apparatus, by forming, on a light guiding member, a diffusing reflecting face for reflecting light from an LED lamp towards a photosensitive drum, and by supplementing the amount of light by altering the height of the diffusing reflecting face ... 03/16/06 - 20060054787 - Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same There are many, many inventions described herein. In one aspect, what is disclosed is a digital camera including a plurality of arrays of photo detectors, including a first array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a first wavelength and a second array of photo detectors to ... 03/16/06 - 20060054786 - Image capture device, including methods for arranging the optical components thereof An image capture device includes a focusing lens, a light sensor array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns and a plurality of optical components. Each optical component is configured to focus light on a light-sensing portion of one of the pixels. The locations ... 03/16/06 - 20060054785 - Image capture device, including methods for arranging the optical components thereof An image capture device includes a focusing lens, a light sensor array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns and a plurality of optical components. Each optical component is configured to focus light on a light-sensing portion of one of the pixels. The locations ... 03/16/06 - 20060054784 - Image capture device, including methods for arranging the optical components thereof An image capture device includes a focusing lens, a light sensor array having a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix of rows and columns and a plurality of optical components. Each optical component is configured to focus light on a light-sensing portion of one of the pixels. The locations ... 03/16/06 - 20060054783 - Imager flicker compensation systems and methods A method of capturing an image of a scene includes providing an imaging device having an array of pixels. Each pixel is configured to provide a pixel output. The method also includes determining a frequency of light produced by a light source illuminating the scene and capturing an image of ... 03/16/06 - 20060054782 - Apparatus for multiple camera devices and method of operating same There are many, many inventions described herein. In one aspect, what is disclosed is a digital camera including a plurality of arrays of photo detectors, including a first array of photo detectors to sample an intensity of light of a first wavelength and a second array of photo detectors to ... 03/16/06 - 20060054781 - Pupil improvement of incoherent imaging systems for enhanced cd linearity A pattern generator may include an electromagnetic radiation source and an optical system. The electromagnetic radiation source may emit electromagnetic radiation to create a pattern on a workpiece. The optical system may include an optical path for the electromagnetic radiation emitted from the electromagnetic radiation source and may be configured ... 03/16/06 - 20060054780 - Multispectral imaging chip using photonic crystals On-chip multispectral imaging and data management is provided in the form of an Adaptive Focal Plane Array (AFPA) that is capable of spectral tunability at the pixel level. Layers of photonic crystals are registered with pixels of a broadband focal plane array. Spectral tuning is accomplished by switching the photonic ... 03/16/06 - 20060054779 - Optical image reader The optical image reader is versatile since it can be assembled for use in a variety of reader applications, such as an ultra high definition reader, a high definition reader, a standard reader and an ultra long range reader. In addition to a housing enclosing an image sensor, an adjustable ... 03/09/06 - 20060049334 - Image sensors The image sensor makes use of a distributed amplifier having its non-inverting input provided by a pixel amplifier transistor, and its inverting input and output provided in the pixel's column circuitry. The distributed amplifier is directly integrated with the image sensor's ADC circuit, and sampling and autozero are performed in ... 03/09/06 - 20060049333 - Device for image processing with recognition and selection of light sources The invention relates to devices for processing images making it possible to identify, to process and to select discrete light sources present in a video image composed of pixels. The aim is the presentation, in real time, to a user of a processed image allowing better recognition of light sources ... 03/02/06 - 20060043264 - Imaging apparatus, image processing method for imaging apparatus, recording medium and carrier wave signal A document camera (1) detects a figure of a known shape on a stage (13) and acquires the coordinates of the figure, and acquires image processing area and projection correction parameter. The document camera (1) extracts image data of the image processing area from image data acquired by shooting the ... 03/02/06 - 20060043263 - Shift register, and solid state image sensor and camera using shift register The present invention provides a solid state image sensor and a camera using such a solid state image sensor, in which all of stage registers of the shift register can be reset efficiently without increasing the number of pads and/or sensor pins. The solid state image sensor comprises a plurality ... 03/02/06 - 20060043262 - Microelectronic imagers with integrated optical devices and methods for manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Microelectronic imagers with integrated optical devices and methods for manufacturing imagers. The imagers, for example, typically have an imaging unit including a first substrate and an image sensor on and/or in the first substrate. An embodiment of an optical device includes a stand-off having a compartment configured to contain the ... 03/02/06 - 20060043261 - Solid state image pickup device and image pickup system comprising it A solid state image pickup apparatus that can read a signal charge correctly is provided. A peripheral area of a photoelectric conversion area 400 where photoelectric conversion pixels are formed has common output line forming areas 401a and 401b where common output lines for transmitting electric signals from the above ... 03/02/06 - 20060043260 - Image sensor having integrated electrical optical device and related method An image sensing device is disclosed having a die formed with an array of photosensing sites and a structure of optical material having infrared absorbing characteristics formed over the photosensing sites. An embodiment is disclosed in which the structure of optical material having infrared absorbing characteristics is formed as an ... 02/23/06 - 20060038112 - Micro-lens configuration for small lens focusing in digital imaging devices An improved image sensor wherein a first micro-lens array comprised of one or more micro-lenses is positioned over a cavity such that incoming light is focused on the photo sensors of the image sensor. The first micro-lens array may collimate and focus incoming light onto the photo sensors of the ... 02/23/06 - 20060038111 - Nonchanneled color capable photoelectric effect image sensor and method A photoelectric imaging sensor comprising a bias frame and electron collector and an electron emissive photosensitive material disposed on a first side of the bias frame and electron collector. A piezoelectric variable color filter is disposed on a second side of the bias frame and electron collector, piezoelectric separation control ... 02/23/06 - 20060038110 - Photoelectric imaging sensor and method A photoelectric imaging sensor and method that provide for electronic shuttering and frequency filtering. An exemplary sensor includes a biased conductive frame disposed adjacent to an electron emitting plate that is coupled by way of a reset field effect transistor to ground. A metallized plate is insulated from (capacitively coupled ... 02/23/06 - 20060038109 - Methods and systems for in situ calibration of imaging in biological analysis Software, methods, and systems for calibrating photometric devices are provided. These involve using a non-uniform test illumination field to approximate a photon transfer curve by calculating stable pixel values and statistical dispersions on a pixel-by-pixel basis. ... 02/23/06 - 20060038108 - Image-generation device, in particular for installation in the roof area or exterior rearview mirror of a motor vehicle The invention relates to an image generation device (1), particularly a 3D camera. The inventive image generation device (1) is designed in order to obtain small dimensions and to take thermal considerations into account. The camera (1) has at least one, in particular, rigid first printed board (10) for highly ... 02/16/06 - 20060033010 - Micro-lens configuration for small lens focusing in digital imaging devices An improved image sensor wherein a first micro-lens array comprised of one or more micro-lenses is positioned over a cavity such that incoming light is focused on the photo sensors of the image sensor. The first micro-lens array may collimate and focus incoming light onto the photo sensors of the ... 02/16/06 - 20060033009 - Displaying optical system and image projection apparatus A displaying optical system is disclosed, which is capable of reducing a speckle noise. The displaying optical system comprises a light source emitting coherent light, a scanning device scanning the light, a first optical system causing the light from the scanning device to form an intermediate image, a second optical ... 02/16/06 - 20060033008 - Image sensor An image sensor pixel structure including a photosensitive area; a stacking of insulating layers covering the photosensitive area; and a device for focusing the light of the pixel to the photosensitive area. The focusing device includes first and second microlenses, the first microlens being arranged between layers of the stacking ... 02/16/06 - 20060033007 - Operational amplifier for an active pixel sensor The present invention includes operational amplifier for an active pixel sensor that detects optical energy and generates an analog output that is proportional to the optical energy. The active pixel sensor operates in a number of different modes including: signal integration mode, the reset integration mode, column reset mode, and ... 02/16/06 - 20060033006 - Combination imaging apparatus using a reflector and method thereof A combination imaging apparatus using a reflector and method are provided. The present combination imaging apparatus and method comprise a lens assembly for forming an optical image corresponding to a subject, and first and second charge-coupled devices (CCDs) each for converting the optical image into an electrical image signal, The ... 02/16/06 - 20060033005 - Correction of non-uniform sensitivity in an image array An improved non-uniform sensitivity correction algorithm for use in an imager device (e.g., a CMOS APS). The algorithm provides zones having flexible boundaries which can be reconfigured depending upon the type of lens being used in a given application. Each pixel within each zone is multiplied by a correction factor ... 02/09/06 - 20060027734 - Layered microlens structures and devices A microlens structure includes lower lens layers on a substrate. A sputtered layer of glass, such as silicon oxide, is applied over the lower lens layers at an angle away from normal to form upper lens layers that increase the effective focal length of the microlens structure. The upper lens ... 02/09/06 - 20060027733 - Apparatus and method of digital imaging on a semiconductor substrate The present invention includes an active pixel sensor that detects optical energy and generates an analog output that is proportional to the optical energy. In embodiments, the active pixel sensor can be implemented in a standard CMOS process, without the need for a specialized optical process. The active pixel sensor ... 02/09/06 - 20060027732 - Image sensor with improved photo sensitivity An image sensor includes a plurality of micro-lenses and a plurality of light receiving elements. Each micro-lens has a neighboring micro-lens at a respective distance that decreases with an incident angle of light converged by the micro-lens. Each light receiving element has a neighboring light receiving element at a respective ... 02/09/06 - 20060027731 - Electronic package incorporating electronic components generating and/or receiving light-based coded signals The electronic package contains an electronic component or components generating and/or receiving light-based signals, an optical element or elements for transceiving the signals and a housing encapsulating the electronic component or components. According to the invention the optical elements for transceiving the signals are diffractive/refractive optical elements (D/ROEs), which are ... 02/09/06 - 20060027730 - Method and system to differentially enhance sensor dynamic range using enhanced common mode reset Effective differential dynamic range and common mode rejection in a differential pixel detector are enhanced by capturing and isolating differential detector charge output before using common mode reset to avoid detector saturation due to common mode components of optical energy to be detected. Differential charge is stored into an integration ... 02/02/06 - 20060022118 - Imaging method and apparatus with exposure control According to a radiation imaging apparatus, any separate AEC sensor need not be prepared. Additionally, the apparatus main body can be made compact. To accomplish this, the radiation imaging apparatus has a first optical conversion element that converts incident radiation into an electrical signal, and generates image information on the ... 02/02/06 - 20060022117 - Solid state imaging device with increased vertical and horizontal resolutions in interlace scanning method A solid state imaging device comprises a semiconductor substrate defining a two-dimensional surface, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements disposed in a light receiving area of said semiconductor substrate in a plurality of rows and columns, color filters in a plurality of colors, each color filter being arranged in correspondence ... 02/02/06 - 20060022116 - Optical tracking sensor method The present invention is a method of optical tracking sensing using block matching to determine relative motion. The method includes three distinct means of compensating for non-uniform illumination: (1) a one-time calibration technique, (2) a real-time adaptive calibration technique, and (3) several alternative filtering methods. The system also includes a ... 01/26/06 - 20060016961 - Imaging apparatus and solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device includes: plural kinds of groups of photoelectric conversion devices, the solid-state imaging device being so constructed that a difference between an amount of light incident to each photoelectric conversion device in a peripheral portion and an amount of light incident to each photoelectric conversion device in ... 01/19/06 - 20060011813 - Image sensor having a passivation layer exposing at least a main pixel array region and methods of fabricating the same A CMOS image sensor with improved sensitivity includes a main pixel array region of an active pixel array region formed on a semiconductor substrate. A passivation layer is formed over the sensor, and it is at least partially removed from the main pixel array region, such that incident light being ... 01/19/06 - 20060011812 - Procedure for the optical acquisition of objects by means of a light raster microscope with punctual light source distribution Procedure for the image acquisition of objects by means of a light raster microscope with punctual light source distribution, whereas a scanning of the probe for the creation of a probe image occurs in scanning steps and the distance between at least two scanning steps is variably adjustable and at ... 01/19/06 - 20060011811 - Image sensor package An image sensor module structure includes a substrate, a photosensitive chip, a lens holder, and a lens barrel. The substrate has an upper surface on which first electrodes are formed, and a lower surface on which second electrodes are formed. The photosensitive chip is mounted on the upper surface of ... 01/19/06 - 20060011810 - Wide dynamic range imager with selective readout A wide dynamic range imager with a dual integration, selective readout operating method that requires only one readout chain. First signals from a row of pixels are digitized and stored into a memory after a first integration period. A flag is set and stored in the memory for each pixel ... 01/19/06 - 20060011809 - Microelectronic imagers with optical devices and methods of manufacturing such microelectronic imagers Microelectronic imager assemblies comprising a workpiece including a substrate and a plurality of imaging dies on and/or in the substrate. The substrate includes a front side and a back side, and the imaging dies comprise imaging sensors at the front side of the substrate and external contacts operatively coupled to ... 01/19/06 - 20060011808 - Cmos front end process compatible low stress light shield An improved imaging device having a pixel arrangement featuring a multilayer light shield. The multilayer light shield includes stacked layers of light-shielding and light-transparent material. The light-transparent material, such as a dielectric, is selected to have a stress, such as a tensile stress, that offsets the stress, such as a ... 01/19/06 - 20060011807 - Simple/cascode configurable current source for image sensor A configurable current source for imager readout system that can be operated as a simple-current-source or as a cascode-current-source. The configurable current source can be operated in a simple-current-source mode during circumstances when a low power supply voltage or large output signal swing is needed to output a pixel signal. ... 01/19/06 - 20060011806 - Method and sensor for determining the local contrast of an observed scene by detection of the luminance from said scene The invention relates to a method of calculating the local contrast at each pixel (PC) in a network (Mp) of photosensitive pixels which are arranged in at least one dimension (x, y). The inventive method consists in, during successive image acquisition cycles, producing a signal which is representative of the ... 01/12/06 - 20060006311 - High-sensitivity optical scanning using memory integration An inspection system includes a CMOS integrated circuit having integrally formed thereon an at least two dimensional array of photosensors and providing an inspection output representing an object to be inspected. A defect analyzer is operative to receive the inspection output and to provide a defect report. ... 01/12/06 - 20060006310 - Image sensor package structure An image sensor package structure with plastic substrate includes a substrate, a frame layer, a photosensitive chip, wires and transparent layer. The substrate is formed with a plurality of via hole, and the each via hole is arranged at the periphery of the substrate, then an interval is formed between ... 01/05/06 - 20060000965 - Imaging system for examining biological material Improved biological material imaging systems and related methods are provided by using an imaging system for imaging biological materials, the imaging system comprising a sensor having one or more receptors, and an image transfer medium to scale the one or more receptors to an object field of view. ... 01/05/06 - 20060000964 - System and method for lithography process monitoring and control In one aspect, the present invention is a technique of, and a system and sensor for measuring, inspecting, characterizing and/or evaluating optical lithographic equipment, methods, and/or materials used therewith, for example, photomasks. In one embodiment, the system, sensor and technique measures, collects and/or detects an aerial image produced or generated ... 12/29/05 - 20050285016 - Image sensor module structure comprising wire bonding package and method of manufacturing the image sensor module structure An image sensor module structure includes an image sensor package, a housing, and an underfiller. The image sensor package includes a substrate having interconnection pads formed on an outermost edge. The housing includes a filter projecting from a bottom surface of a housing body. The projecting filter is attached on ... 12/22/05 - 20050279917 - Cooperative optical-imaging sensor array An apparatus and method for providing image primitives, such as edge polarity, edge magnitude, edge orientation, and edge displacement, and derivatives thereof, for an object are described. The data are obtained substantially simultaneously and processed in parallel such that multiple objects can be distinguished from one another in real time. ... 12/22/05 - 20050279916 - Image sensor package and fabrication method An image sensor package is disclosed that reduces the overall size of known image sensor packages. The image sensor package includes an image sensor and image sensor controller that are arranged on a substrate so that the surfaces of the image sensor and image sensor controller are directly adjacent one ... 12/15/05 - 20050274875 - Operating method of image-sensing unit and image-sensing device using the same The invention is directed to an operating method for an image-sensing unit and the image-sensing device using the same. The image-sensing unit comprises a photogate, a photodiode assembled with the photogate, and a first switch. One terminal of the first switch is coupled to a reference voltage, and the other ... 12/15/05 - 20050274874 - Active pixel cell using asymmetric transfer transistor The present disclosure introduces a simple method for reducing the capacitance of the floating diffusion node of a CMOS image sensor and consequently improving the image sensor's sensitivity. While reducing parasitic capacitances such as the capacitance between the transfer gate and the floating node, the proposed device layouts, in which ... 12/15/05 - 20050274873 - Ccd imaging array with improved charge sensing circuit An imaging array having a CCD imaging array that includes a plurality of pixels that accumulate charge when exposed to light and a readout amplifier is disclosed. The readout amplifier includes an operational amplifier having an input and an output port and a feedback capacitor connecting the input and output ... 12/15/05 - 20050274872 - Contact image sensor module A contact image sensor module has a light source, at least one reflective element and a photoelectric conversion element. The photoelectric conversion element is arranged between the light source and the reflective element, such that the light from the light source is directed toward the manuscript. The reflective element receives ... 12/15/05 - 20050274871 - Method and apparatus for collecting photons in a solid state imaging sensor A photon collector has a reflecting metal layer to increase photon collection efficiency in a solid state imaging sensor. The reflecting metal layer reflects incident light internally to a photosensor. A plurality of photon collectors is formed in a wafer substrate over an array of photosensors. The photon collector is ... 12/08/05 - 20050269484 - Solid-state imaging apparatus Disclosed herein is a solid-state imaging apparatus including: a pixel section having a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each containing an amplification means for amplifying signal of a photoelectric conversion device; horizontal and vertical read circuits for reading pixel signals in pixel units from the pixel section; ... 12/08/05 - 20050269483 - Imaging apparatus and device The imaging apparatus having one or more output circuits in series and a buffer circuit 6, and processing luminance signals from photodetectors to output image information, the buffer circuit performing impedance conversion on signals outputted from a final output circuit of the one or more output circuits, the final output ... 12/08/05 - 20050269482 - Active pixel sensor cell with integrating varactor and method for using such cell An active pixel sensor cell including at least one photodiode and reset circuitry and an integrating varactor coupled to the photodiode, a method for reading out such a cell, and an image sensor including an array of such cells. The photodiode can be exposed to photons during an exposure interval ... 12/08/05 - 20050269481 - Vehicle mounted night vision imaging system and method A vehicle mounted imaging system and method, enabling selective imaging of objects in a low-visibility environment. The system includes a light source providing non-visible light pulses and a camera having an image intensifier enabled to gate selected received images. The light source may be a laser generator, which may be ... 12/01/05 - 20050263678 - Image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus 1 having: an imaging element A3 for converting light from an object 100 into an image signal A; an imaging element B4 larger than the imaging element A3 in the number of pixels for converting light from the object 100 into an image signal B; imaging ... 12/01/05 - 20050263677 - Image-capturing apparatus and computer-readable computer program product including image processing program When the quantity of light diagonally entering light-receiving portions of an image-capturing element in an electronic camera is large and thus an electrical charge is generated readily in an electrical charge transfer line, hue correction processing is executed to correct any change occurring in the hue induced by the charge ... 12/01/05 - 20050263676 - Complementary metal oxide semiconductor image sensor and method for fabricating the same Disclosed are a complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensor and a method for fabricating the same, which are capable of effectively preventing a cross talk effect. The CMOS image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate; device isolation regions provided on the semiconductor for defining device regions therebetween; photocharge generating portions ... 12/01/05 - 20050263675 - Photonic crystal-based filter for use in an image sensor The invention, in various exemplary embodiments, incorporates a photonic crystal filter into an image sensor. The photonic crystal filter comprises a substrate and a plurality of pillars forming a photonic crystal structure over the substrate. The pillars are spaced apart from each other. Each pillar has a height and a ... 11/24/05 - 20050258338 - Optical arrangement for a homing head An optical arrangement (2) for a homing head (16), for the purpose of imaging an object scene onto a detector unit (4), including a control unit (24), a first optical unit (10) having two at least partially transparent optical elements, in particular prisms (42, 44), a second optical unit (14) ... 11/24/05 - 20050258337 - Optical sensor, method of reading optical sensor, matrix-type optical sensor circuit, and electronic apparatus An optical sensor is provided corresponding to a scanning line and a reading line. The optical sensor includes a light-receiving element, a current flowing between both terminals thereof being changed according to the amount of incident light and a transistor whose gate is connected to one end of the light-receiving ... 11/24/05 - 20050258336 - Image sensor with protective package structure for sensing area An image sensor with protective package structure for sensing area. The image sensor includes a transparent substrate and a semiconductor image-sensing chip. A conductive interconnection circuit is formed on at least the lower surface of the transparent substrate. The semiconductor image-sensing chip is electrically connected with the electric interconnection circuit ... 11/17/05 - 20050253045 - Solid-state image pickup device A solid-state image pickup device comprises first and second photoelectric conversion regions, wherein each of first ones of the second photoelectric conversion regions in a peripheral area comprises a first opening having a size larger than that of a second opening of each of second ones of the same in ... 11/17/05 - 20050253044 - Solid-state imaging device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention aims to provide a solid-state imaging device that enables miniaturization of camera while maintaining the level of electrostatic damage resistance in the solid-state imaging device, and includes: an imaging unit 100 that transfers signal charge generated by performing photoelectric conversion on incident light, converts the signal charge ... 11/17/05 - 20050253043 - Column current source An image sensor includes an array of pixels arranged in rows and columns. A reference current source provides the reference current to a transistor forming one half of a current mirror. Each column has a current source, which forms the other half of a current mirror. A switch is provided ... 11/10/05 - 20050247859 - Package structure of a stack-type light-sensing element and package method thereof The present invention discloses a package structure of a stack-type light-sensing element and a package method thereof, wherein firstly, a substrate is provided; next, a signal-processing IC chip and a light-sensing chip are sequentially stacked above the substrate in bottom-up sequence; next, lead lines are used to electrically connect the ... 11/10/05 - 20050247858 - Imaging apparatus and image recording method According to the present invention, a reduced image is generated only from one of high-sensitivity image information or low-sensitivity image information when RAW data is recorded, and the reduced image is recorded on a recording medium together with the RAW data (first and second RAW data). Thereby, it is possible ... 11/10/05 - 20050247857 - Solid-state imaging device and ccd linear sensor A solid-state imaging device in which a clock pulse transmission line for transmitting a transfer clock pulse is provided substantially in parallel with a charge transfer section in which a plurality of charge transfer elements are arrayed, wherein the clock pulse transmission line is formed from a plurality of transmission ... 11/03/05 - 20050242269 - Automatic exposure control method of image and automatic exposure control system using the method An automatic exposure control method for an image produced on a solid-state image sensing device in which intensity of radiation light irradiated to an object to be examined from a radiation source is feedback controlled. The solid-state image sensing device comprises a picture element producing part where electric charges generated ... 11/03/05 - 20050242268 - Detection apparatus A pixelated detector for obtaining images of an object has pixels whose outlines are different. These can be used to achieve improved resolution in use of the detector. To achieve improved resolution, the detector can be moved in relation to the object, so that pixels having smaller dimensions supplement the ... 10/27/05 - 20050236555 - Method and device for compensating for shadows in digital images The invention relates to a method for generating a computed digital image of a scene, which can be illuminated with different luminous intensities at a first illumination angle by a first light source. An image sensor records a number of individual images of the scene under different lighting conditions, and ... 10/27/05 - 20050236554 - Optical interrogation system and method for 2-d sensor arrays An optical interrogation system and method are described herein that can interrogate a two-dimensional (2D) array of optical sensors (e.g., grating coupled waveguide sensors) located in a 2D specimen plate (e.g., microplate). In one embodiment, the optical interrogation system has a launch system which directs an array of light beams ... 10/27/05 - 20050236553 - Solid-state image sensing element and its design support method, and image sensing device where L is the distance from an exit pupil of an image sensing optical system of an image sensing device, which mounts an image sensor formed by two-dimensionally arranging a plurality of the solid-state image sensing elements, H is the distance from a center of the image sensor to a ... // - 1 - ... 10/20/05 - 20050230599 - Illumination optical system, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method using the same Disclosed is an illumination optical system having an imaging optical system for imaging a predetermined object plane upon an image plane, by use of light supplied from an integrator that functions to produce a plurality of light sources using light from a light source. In one preferred form of the ... 10/20/05 - 20050230598 - Systems and methods for detecting and translating sunlight exposure data A method for providing sunlight exposure data is provided by detecting and collecting sunlight data for analysis, classification and communication to a user. The sunlight exposure data is communicated to a user in the form of alpha, numeric or graphical elements through a local display component or data cable to ... 10/20/05 - 20050230597 - Image sensing device for improving image quality and reducing color shift effect An image sensing device includes a plurality of color units. Each color unit has a photosensor element for converting light of a specific spectrum range into an electrical signal. Different arrangements of the photosensor elements are set in diagonal directions. In this way, such layout is capable of reducing color ... 10/13/05 - 20050224694 - High efficiency microlens array A microlens array including a substrate having a plurality of photo sensors located therein, a microlens layer located over the substrate, and a dielectric film located over the microlens layer. The plurality of microlenses are separated by a plurality of gaps and the dielectric film conforms to the microlens layer, ... 10/06/05 - 20050218298 - Imaging system for vehicle headlamp control An imaging system for use in a vehicle headlamp control system includes an opening, an image sensor, a red lens blocking red complement light between the opening and the image sensor, and a red complement lens blocking red light between the opening and the image sensor. Each lens focuses light ... 10/06/05 - 20050218297 - Optical apparatus and beam splitter An optical apparatus is disclosed, which can take high-quality images by using light transmitted through a beam splitter. The optical apparatus comprises a light-receiving element and a beam splitter. The first surface of the beam splitter reflects part of incident light and transmits the other part of the incident light ... 10/06/05 - 20050218296 - Method for reading out a surface detector A method for reading out a surface detector (3) is proposed, the information content of a faulty detector element (16) being initially corrected with the aid of adjacent detector elements, and then the information content of a plurality of detector elements being combined in each instance into one image element ... 10/06/05 - 20050218295 - Image-sensing apparatus with dynamic range adaptation functionality An image-sensing apparatus has an area sensor 1 that outputs image data by logarithmically converting the brightness of light incident thereon, a black-level detector 2 for detecting the black level BL of the image data at which the image data has the lowest signal level, a white-level detector 3 for ... 10/06/05 - 20050218294 - Image sensor An image sensor includes: a sensor substrate on that a large number of semiconductor chips each of which has a plurality of image pickup elements, are linearly arranged to receive the reflected light converged by the lens; and a transparent plate that is interposed between the lens and the sensor ... 10/06/05 - 20050218293 - Image sensing module capable of fast transferring signal and method thereof An image sensing module capable of fast transferring signal and a method thereof are proposed. The image sensing module comprises an optical sensor set, a plurality of readout circuits and a plurality of amplifying circuits. Each readout circuit has a plurality of input terminals and an output terminal. Each amplifying ... 09/29/05 - 20050211877 - Scanning system A scanning system causes a reading light beam to scan a radiation image recording medium which records a radiation image thereon upon exposure to radiation carrying thereon the radiation image and from which a signal is read out according to the radiation image upon exposure to the reading light beam. ... 09/29/05 - 20050211876 - Optical imaging system having an illumination source between object and image An optical imaging system having an optical source located between the object being imaged and the sensor is provided. Such positioning of the source enables provision of compact optical imaging systems. In particular, such systems can have image widths significantly larger than the object to sensor separation. The arrangement of ... 09/29/05 - 20050211875 - Photoelectric oscillator A photoelectric oscillator includes a laser beam projection unit; an optical modulator on an optical path extending from the projection unit, which optical modulator outputs a modulated signal or an optical signal containing a harmonic of the modulated signal and includes a modulation electrode whose resonant frequency band includes the ... 09/29/05 - 20050211874 - Optical device and imaging method An optical device includes a carrier that holds a specimen and has a reference mark, an image capturing means that picks up the image of the specimen and the reference mark formed by an objective lens, a moving mechanism that moves the relative positional relation between the carrier and the ... 09/22/05 - 20050205757 - Equalization for a multi-axis imaging system An imaging system with an integrated source and detector array. A plurality of light detectors are arranged in a detector array and a plurality of light sources corresponding to detectors in the detector array are arranged in a source array in an epi-illumination system so that light radiated from a ... 09/22/05 - 20050205756 - Optical wireless communications An optical wireless local area network using line of sight optical links. The base station and terminal stations are provided with optical transceivers which include a transmitter array and detector array. The transmitter array consists of an array of resonant cavity light emitting diodes integrated using flip-chip technology with a ... 09/15/05 - 20050199782 - Cargo sensing system A cargo sensing system is configured to determine if cargo is present within a container. In one implementation, the cargo sensing system senses lines within an image of a cargo space. The lines may be straight, curved or otherwise configured, and are evaluated for indications of the presence of cargo ... 09/15/05 - 20050199781 - Color signal compensation Methods and apparatus for color signal compensation are disclosed. A quality of one type of signal is enhanced using a second type of signal, wherein the second type of signal has a higher quality than that of the unenhanced first type of signal. This may be used in an image ... 09/08/05 - 20050194517 - Image-reading apparatus There is described an image-reading apparatus to acquire image data by reading a scanned image comprising an image sensor having a light emitting means and a photo receiving means for receiving a light emitted from the light emitting means, and a reading control means for controlling the image sensor. The ... 09/01/05 - 20050189472 - Driving an image sensor with reduced area and high image quality An image sensor includes a set of at least two pixels each sensing light of a same color coupled to a signal converter. A driver simultaneously turns on a respective switching element for transferring a respective photocurrent from a respective photodiode within each of such pixels to the signal converter, ... 09/01/05 - 20050189471 - Mobile body surrounding surveillance apparatus, mobile body surrounding surveillance method, control program, and readable recording medium A mobile body surrounding surveillance apparatus comprises an image capturing section for capturing an image of a surrounding of a mobile body, a setting section for setting a landscape, band-like particular region parallel to a frame image with respect to image data captured by the image capturing section, an extraction ... 09/01/05 - 20050189470 - Image sensor power supply An image sensor includes a power supply ripple rejection circuit having an input connected to a supply voltage reference, and an output connected to an output voltage reference. The power supply ripple rejection circuit reduces the affect of variance in the supply voltage reference on the output voltage reference. ... 08/25/05 - 20050184220 - Photoelectric conversion device and image pickup device using electron emission devices Disclosed is an image pickup device capable of greatly reducing delay in drive signals supplied to field emission devices, and cross-talk and the like that originate in these drive signals. The image pickup device comprises a photoelectric conversion film for receiving incident light on one side thereof; a field emission ... 08/25/05 - 20050184219 - Packaged microelectronic imagers and methods of packaging microelectronic imagers Microelectronic imagers and methods of packaging microelectronic imagers are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a microelectronic imager can include a microelectronic die, an image sensor, an integrated circuit electrically coupled to the image sensor, and a plurality of terminals electrically coupled to the integrated circuit. The microelectronic imager can further ... 08/25/05 - 20050184218 - Self testing cmos imager chip A self testing CMOS imager chip includes a controller which outputs a sewer signal, a dump signal, a collect signal, and a read signal, and a pixel array connected to the controller including a plurality of pixels arranged in an array of rows and columns, each pixel having a collect ... 08/18/05 - 20050178951 - Image processing apparatus and method The invention provides an image processing apparatus and method wherein image signals can be arithmetically processed on the real-time basis. Infrared rays introduced into a light reception section are photoelectrically converted in synchronism with a reset pulse signal supplied from a timing generator and are outputted to an amplification section ... 08/18/05 - 20050178950 - Electronic imaging system An electronic imaging system having an image sensor array that includes photodetectors arranged in rows and a rolling shutter for initiating charge integration by row and reading out pixel signals by row after a lapse of a predetermined integration time is equipped with a lighting unit having an LED array ... 08/18/05 - 20050178949 - Image processing device and image processing method In an inspection of a substance in which a first region is made of black resin and a second region is made of a metal, a portion surrounding the first region is registered as a first imaging range, and a portion surrounding the second region is registered as a second ... 08/18/05 - 20050178948 - Projection method of display device A projection method of display device is to divide high-resolution pixels into a plurality of image-forming units with equal pixels in an appropriate arrangement. A light valve has the same resolution as the image-forming unit, and each pixel thereon is a diamond shape. The diamond pixels are close to one ... 08/18/05 - 20050178947 - System and method for object identification In an object identification system, phototransmitters 100 which are assigned to at least one object send out invisible light having rectilinearity. A control device 200, which is placed near an object, instructs the phototransmitter 100 that is assigned to an object selected by a user to transmit information for uniquely ... 08/18/05 - 20050178946 - Light receiving device with controllable sensitivity and spatial information detecting apparatus using the same A spatial information detecting apparatus using an intensity-modulated light has a photoelectric converter for receiving a light provided from a space, into which a light intensity-modulated by a predetermined modulation signal is being irradiated, and generating amounts of electric charges corresponding to an intensity of received light; charge discarding portion ... 08/11/05 - 20050173618 - Solid-state image pickup apparatus and control method thereof An arithmetic circuit, which is retained by each pixel in a conventional image sensor, is shared by each column. Signal processing circuits of different configurations are provided on signal transmission paths in an upward direction and a downward direction of a vertical signal line for extracting an image signal from ... 08/11/05 - 20050173617 - Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus comprises a recording head for exposing a printing sheet by emitting lights under a condition that an exposure amount of the lights for each pixel is independently controlled and adjusted, an exposure amount determining section for determining whether the exposure amount is within a predetermined range, ... 08/11/05 - 20050173616 - Solid-state image-sensing device that compensates for brightness at edges of a display area and a driving method thereof A solid-state image-sensing device that compensates for brightness at edges of a screen and a method of driving the device are provided. The solid-state image-sensing device comprises: an active pixel sensor (APS) array including pixels disposed in a two-dimensional matrix, each pixel for outputting a photoelectrically converted image signal generated ... 08/04/05 - 20050167571 - Row driven imager pixel An imaging system includes a pixel that does not require a row select transistor. Instead, an operating voltage is selectively provided to the pixel's readout circuitry, and the readout circuitry provides output signals based on charge or voltage of a storage node. The operating voltage can be selectively provided to ... 07/28/05 - 20050161585 - Solid-state imaging device A solid-state imaging device capable of suppressing deterioration of the image quality is provided. This solid-state imaging device comprises a substrate provided with a photodetection area, a color filter layer formed above the photodetection area and a lens formed between the substrate and the color filter layer for condensing light ... 07/28/05 - 20050161584 - Solid-state imaging device and camera A solid-state imaging device includes pixels 2 arranged two-dimensionally on a semiconductor substrate 1. In a predetermined area in each pixel is formed a light-sensitive area 3 for receiving incident light 11, and each pixel includes a photoelectric conversion portion 4 for converting the incident light into a signal charge. ... 07/28/05 - 20050161583 - Image sensor An image sensor is provided with a light source for illuminating an original document with light, a plurality of rod lens arrays arranged continuously and connected to each other in such a manner that end rod lenses located at the ends of the rod lens arrays are in contact with ... 07/21/05 - 20050156099 - Optical detection device An optical detection device for detecting an intensity of a light beam in a detection window and for detecting data transmitted by the light beam includes a first detection diode and an array of at least two second detection diodes in a detection window. In addition, provision is made for ... 07/14/05 - 20050151060 - Solid-state image pickup device and signal reading method therefor A solid-state image pickup device has a photoelectric conversion part performing photoelectric conversion on incident light, a comparison part connected to an output terminal of the photoelectric conversion part to compare an output voltage of the photoelectric conversion part with a reference voltage, a capacitive element having one end connected ... 07/14/05 - 20050151059 - Electro-optical device, method for driving the same, and electronic apparatus To provide an electro-optical device, such as a display or a printer head having a self-luminous element, in which a light-emitting state of a light-emitting element is detected. The electro-optical device comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in a display region on a substrate in a predetermined pattern, each ... 07/14/05 - 20050151058 - Increasing readout speed in cmos aps sensors through block readout A method and associated architecture for dividing column readout circuitry in an active pixel sensor in a manner which reduces the parasitic capacitance on the readout line. In a preferred implementation, column readout circuits are grouped in blocks and provided with block signaling. Accordingly, only column output circuits in a ... 07/14/05 - 20050151057 - Photo-detector filter having a cascaded low noise amplifier Method and systems related to obstructing a first predefined portion of at least one defined wavelength of light incident upon a first photo-detector array; and detecting the at least one defined wavelength of light with a photo-detector in a second photo-detector array. ... 07/14/05 - 20050151056 - Image sensor with reduced p-well conductivity An image sensor includes a substrate of the first conductivity type; a channel of the first conductivity type that spans at least a portion of the substrate; a well of the second conductivity type that is positioned between the channel and substrate for a predetermined portion and that is not ... 07/14/05 - 20050151055 - Process for making a cmos image sensor An image sensor includes a semi-conducting substrate having a photo-sensitive region and doping for forming a path to a charge-to-voltage mechanism; a dielectric spanning the substrate; and a semi-conducting layer, which is less than approximately 1 micrometer, spanning the dielectric which contains electrodes and circuit elements that control flow of ... 07/07/05 - 20050145778 - Method and system for generating an image having multiple hues A technique for generating an image having multiple hues includes filtering first photons at a first wavelength range using a first input filter section of an input filter, and filtering second photons at a second wavelength range using a second input filter section of the input filter. The first photons ... 07/07/05 - 20050145777 - Power savings with multiple readout circuits An imager with a switch circuit located between, and connected to, the pixel array and associated readout chains. In one embodiment the switch is located within the column sample and hold circuitry; in another embodiment the switch is located between the column sample and hold circuitry and the readout chains. ... 07/07/05 - 20050145776 - Thin image reading device A thin image reading device includes a housing, a lens installed inside the housing for focusing light, a photosensor installed on a first side of the lens for converting light outputted from the lens into digital signals, and a plurality of reflectors installed on a second side of the lens ... 06/30/05 - 20050139751 - Light sensing panel, and liquid crystal display apparatus having the same A light sensing panel includes a scan line transmitting a scan signal, a power source line transmitting a bias voltage, a readout line transmitting a light sensing signal and a light sensing device. The light sensing device includes a control electrode that is electrically connected to the scan line to ... 06/30/05 - 20050139750 - Internal structure of image sensing element An image sensing element having a high refractive index part that covers at least a portion of each of a plurality of photoelectric converters arranged in one or two dimensions and a low refractive index part provided on the periphery of the high refractive index part. The interface between the ... 06/30/05 - 20050139749 - Image sensor with improved sensitivity and method for driving the same There is provided an image sensor and a method for driving the same, in which fill-factor value is increased to improve a sensitivity of the image sensor. The image sensor includes a pixel array with M×N unit pixels in rows and columns, where M and N are a positive integer, ... 06/23/05 - 20050133690 - Color image capture element and color image signal processing circuit A color image capture element comprises a plurality of color component photoelectric conversion elements, each disposed with a color filter on a light receiving surface for respectively transmitting different color components, for receiving incoming light and selectively outputting respective color signals corresponding to the intensity of the different color components, ... 06/23/05 - 20050133689 - Image sensor with diffraction raster array An image sensor (100) includes a diffraction raster array (130), a microlens array (140), a light receiving cell (170), and a signal transacting circuit board (190). The diffraction raster array includes a plurality of round rasters. The light receiving unit includes a plurality of pixels which are arranged in a ... 06/23/05 - 20050133688 - Layered lens structures and methods of production A microlens structure includes lower lens layers on a substrate. A sputtered layer of glass, such as silicon oxide, is applied over the lower lens layers at an angle away from normal to form upper lens layers that increase the effective focal length of the microlens structure. The upper lens ... 06/23/05 - 20050133687 - Pixel binning in an image sensor Embodiments provide structures and methods for binning pixel signals of a pixel array. Pixel signals for pixels in an element of the array are binned simultaneously. Pixels in an element are located in a plurality of rows and columns. In exemplary embodiments, pixel voltage signals or pixel current signals are ... 06/16/05 - 20050127274 - Photo-sensor array for motion detection Pixels in an array of image sensor pixels contain photo-sensors and circuits having inputs connected to the photosensors. The circuits have feedback loops for reducing fixed pattern noise in the array. Output from each pixel is used to latch a multibit counter value supplied by a global counter. Each feedback ... 06/16/05 - 20050127273 - Protective shroud for thermal imaging camera mounted to protective helmet A thermal imaging camera, which is mounted to a protective helmet, is used with a display, which has a viewing lens, and with an arm, which connects the thermal imaging camera to the display. A protective shroud covers the display, except for the viewing lens, and covers the arm. The ... 06/16/05 - 20050127272 - Focal plane detector A focal plane detector for imaging objects within a scene and having integral processing means for detecting edges of objects within the scene. The focal plane detector comprises a plurality of detector elements arranged to measure the intensity of the electromagnetic radiation incident thereon and processing means integral to the ... 06/09/05 - 20050121599 - Metal mesh filter-comprising semiconductor image sensor A semiconductor image sensor utilizing a metal mesh filter to transmit light of a specific wavelength to a photoconversion device, and method of making said image sensor. Semiconductor image sensor pixel cells using varied metal mesh filters may be arranged in a Bayer pattern for color imaging. As a result, ... 06/09/05 - 20050121598 - Pixel sensor array and method of manufacture thereof A sensor array having a plurality of pixels each including a sensor element coupled to a sensor input (24) of an electronic processing circuit is fabricated by first forming an integrated circuit having at least one array of electronic processing circuits (25, 26) each having a respective sensor input (24) ... 06/02/05 - 20050116142 - Solid-state imaging apparatus, wiring substrate and methods of manufacturing the same A size reduced solid-state imaging apparatus may be provided. The solid-state imaging apparatus may include a wiring substrate having a body having a cavity on an area which a semiconductor chip may be mounted, a lead that may project inward into the cavity from the internal side of the body, ... 06/02/05 - 20050116141 - Method, assemblage, and scanner for optically sampling light by a photosensitive device An assemblage for sampling an image comprising a photosensitive element operable to convert light into an electrical charge, and a mask having a plurality of mask cells, each mask cell having an optically-conductive state and an optically-blocking state, a mask cell in an optically-conductive state permitting light to pass through ... 06/02/05 - 20050116140 - Circuit for an active pixel sensor A pixel circuit includes a silicon substrate having a photodiode that converts light intensity into a voltage signal and two metal layers disposed on the substrate having a pixel control circuit. The first metal layer includes a row trace and a reset trace and the second metal layer includes a ... 06/02/05 - 20050116139 - Readout circuit for multi-pixel sensor A readout circuit (29) for reading active pixels in a sensor (10) having at least one sensor segment (11) each containing addressable pixels (12) includes a respective sample and hold unit (28) for sampling and holding an analog value associated with a corresponding pixel, and an analog multiplexer (35) in ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |