TW567707B - All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera - Google Patents

All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera Download PDF

Info

Publication number
TW567707B
TW567707B TW090119054A TW90119054A TW567707B TW 567707 B TW567707 B TW 567707B TW 090119054 A TW090119054 A TW 090119054A TW 90119054 A TW90119054 A TW 90119054A TW 567707 B TW567707 B TW 567707B
Authority
TW
Taiwan
Prior art keywords
array
sensor array
pixels
camera system
signal
Prior art date
Application number
TW090119054A
Other languages
English (en)
Chinese (zh)
Inventor
Carver A Mead
Richard B Merrill
Richard F Lyon
Original Assignee
Foveon Inc
Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)
Filing date
Publication date
Application filed by Foveon Inc filed Critical Foveon Inc
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of TW567707B publication Critical patent/TW567707B/zh

Links

Classifications

    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/70—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/60—Control of cameras or camera modules
    • H04N23/67—Focus control based on electronic image sensor signals
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/60—Control of cameras or camera modules
    • H04N23/63—Control of cameras or camera modules by using electronic viewfinders
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N23/00—Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
    • H04N23/70—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene
    • H04N23/73—Circuitry for compensating brightness variation in the scene by influencing the exposure time
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/40—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled
    • H04N25/44—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by partially reading an SSIS array
    • H04N25/441—Extracting pixel data from image sensors by controlling scanning circuits, e.g. by modifying the number of pixels sampled or to be sampled by partially reading an SSIS array by reading contiguous pixels from selected rows or columns of the array, e.g. interlaced scanning
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/50—Control of the SSIS exposure
    • H04N25/53—Control of the integration time
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/703—SSIS architectures incorporating pixels for producing signals other than image signals
    • H04N25/706—Pixels for exposure or ambient light measuring
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N25/00—Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
    • H04N25/70—SSIS architectures; Circuits associated therewith
    • H04N25/76—Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors
    • H04N25/77—Pixel circuitry, e.g. memories, A/D converters, pixel amplifiers, shared circuits or shared components

Landscapes

  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Transforming Light Signals Into Electric Signals (AREA)
  • Studio Devices (AREA)
  • Color Television Image Signal Generators (AREA)
  • Exposure Control For Cameras (AREA)
  • Stroboscope Apparatuses (AREA)
TW090119054A 2000-08-04 2001-08-03 All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera TW567707B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US22281000P 2000-08-04 2000-08-04

Publications (1)

Publication Number Publication Date
TW567707B true TW567707B (en) 2003-12-21

Family

ID=22833782

Family Applications (1)

Application Number Title Priority Date Filing Date
TW090119054A TW567707B (en) 2000-08-04 2001-08-03 All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera

Country Status (7)

Country Link
US (1) US20020015101A1 (enExample)
EP (1) EP1308032A2 (enExample)
JP (1) JP2004506388A (enExample)
KR (1) KR20030029124A (enExample)
AU (1) AU2001283029A1 (enExample)
TW (1) TW567707B (enExample)
WO (1) WO2002013510A2 (enExample)

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
TWI420659B (zh) * 2006-12-01 2013-12-21 Omnivision Tech Inc 成像器轉移閘極裝置中之矽化物帶

Families Citing this family (15)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US7397503B2 (en) * 2003-07-28 2008-07-08 Micron Technology, Inc. Systems and methods for reducing artifacts caused by illuminant flicker
US7468752B2 (en) * 2003-10-23 2008-12-23 Nokia Corporation Camera output format for real time viewfinder/video image
US7619669B2 (en) * 2003-12-29 2009-11-17 Micron Technologies, Inc. Power savings with multiple readout circuits
GB0405807D0 (en) 2004-03-16 2004-04-21 Koninkl Philips Electronics Nv Active matrix display devices
US7605852B2 (en) 2004-05-17 2009-10-20 Micron Technology, Inc. Real-time exposure control for automatic light control
US7440640B1 (en) * 2004-10-18 2008-10-21 Kla-Tencor Corporation Image data storage
US7538799B2 (en) 2005-01-14 2009-05-26 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. System and method for flicker detection in digital imaging
US7683948B2 (en) 2005-03-31 2010-03-23 Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. System and method for bad pixel replacement in image processing
FR2902906A1 (fr) * 2006-06-21 2007-12-28 St Microelectronics Sa Gestion de donnes pour un traitement d'images
JP2008288946A (ja) * 2007-05-18 2008-11-27 Seiko Epson Corp アドレス生成装置及び撮像素子
US8186596B2 (en) * 2008-12-16 2012-05-29 Ncr Corporation Apparatus, method and system for selective reading of pixels from an image capture device
JP5390645B2 (ja) * 2012-02-06 2014-01-15 日立アロカメディカル株式会社 超音波診断装置
CN105117675A (zh) * 2015-05-21 2015-12-02 福建新大陆电脑股份有限公司 具有全局电子快门控制的条形码摄像装置
CN105303144B (zh) * 2015-05-21 2018-02-09 福建新大陆电脑股份有限公司 具有全局电子快门控制的条形码摄像装置
US11632502B2 (en) * 2021-09-10 2023-04-18 Pixart Imaging Inc. Optical sensor cancelling image flicker

Family Cites Families (16)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5262871A (en) * 1989-11-13 1993-11-16 Rutgers, The State University Multiple resolution image sensor
EP0467683A3 (en) * 1990-07-19 1992-09-02 Canon Kabushiki Kaisha Image processing apparatus
ES2132711T3 (es) * 1994-10-30 1999-08-16 Markus Bohm Sensor tricolor.
US5828406A (en) * 1994-12-30 1998-10-27 Eastman Kodak Company Electronic camera having a processor for mapping image pixel signals into color display pixels
JPH09247689A (ja) * 1996-03-11 1997-09-19 Olympus Optical Co Ltd カラー撮像装置
JP4229481B2 (ja) * 1996-07-31 2009-02-25 オリンパス株式会社 撮像表示システム
JPH10136244A (ja) * 1996-11-01 1998-05-22 Olympus Optical Co Ltd 電子的撮像装置
US6515701B2 (en) * 1997-07-24 2003-02-04 Polaroid Corporation Focal plane exposure control system for CMOS area image sensors
US6580456B1 (en) * 1997-11-16 2003-06-17 Pictos Technologies, Inc. Programmable timing generator
US6452633B1 (en) * 1998-02-26 2002-09-17 Foveon, Inc. Exposure control in electronic cameras by detecting overflow from active pixels
US5965875A (en) * 1998-04-24 1999-10-12 Foveon, Inc. Color separation in an active pixel cell imaging array using a triple-well structure
US6512546B1 (en) * 1998-07-17 2003-01-28 Analog Devices, Inc. Image sensor using multiple array readout lines
US6665010B1 (en) * 1998-07-21 2003-12-16 Intel Corporation Controlling integration times of pixel sensors
US6768515B1 (en) * 1999-03-05 2004-07-27 Clarity Technologies, Inc. Two architectures for integrated realization of sensing and processing in a single device
US6677996B1 (en) * 1999-04-21 2004-01-13 Pictos Technologies, Inc. Real time camera exposure control
JP4518616B2 (ja) * 2000-04-13 2010-08-04 ソニー株式会社 固体撮像装置およびその駆動方法並びにカメラシステム

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
TWI420659B (zh) * 2006-12-01 2013-12-21 Omnivision Tech Inc 成像器轉移閘極裝置中之矽化物帶

Also Published As

Publication number Publication date
AU2001283029A1 (en) 2002-02-18
EP1308032A2 (en) 2003-05-07
KR20030029124A (ko) 2003-04-11
JP2004506388A (ja) 2004-02-26
WO2002013510A3 (en) 2002-08-15
US20020015101A1 (en) 2002-02-07
WO2002013510A2 (en) 2002-02-14

Similar Documents

Publication Publication Date Title
TW567707B (en) All-electronic high-resolution digital still camera
CN101582979B (zh) 固态成像设备的驱动方法和固态成像设备
CN102843521B (zh) 电子装置和用于其的驱动方法
US4589024A (en) Two-dimensional semiconductor image sensor with regulated integration time
TWI259577B (en) Dual conversion gain imagers
US6829008B1 (en) Solid-state image sensing apparatus, control method therefor, image sensing apparatus, basic layout of photoelectric conversion cell, and storage medium
JP4138104B2 (ja) 感光装置
US7046238B2 (en) Solid state imaging apparatus and method for driving the same
RU2607732C2 (ru) Устройство съемки изображений и система съемки изображений
US20110032403A1 (en) Solid-state image pickup device and driving method thereof, and electronic apparatus
KR20200032202A (ko) 픽셀 레벨 상호연결부를 갖는 적층된 광 센서 어셈블리
US4531156A (en) Solid state image pickup device
US20080042047A1 (en) Cmos image sensor and related method of operation
TWI514873B (zh) 具有減低井彈回之影像感測器
US7375753B2 (en) Solid-state imager and camera system
JPS6161586B2 (enExample)
JP2015207594A (ja) 固体撮像装置
JPS585627B2 (ja) 固体撮像装置
US4496980A (en) Two-dimensional semiconductor image sensor with regulated integration time
US20020154236A1 (en) Imaging apparatus
JPWO2020054162A1 (ja) 撮像装置および撮像方法
WO2022107641A1 (ja) 固体撮像素子、電子機器、及び撮像方法
CN111263089B (zh) 像素、图像传感器及电子装置
JP2000152087A (ja) 増幅型固体撮像装置およびその駆動方法
JP3671068B2 (ja) 電荷蓄積装置

Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
GD4A Issue of patent certificate for granted invention patent
MM4A Annulment or lapse of patent due to non-payment of fees