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    • 1. 发明专利
    • Imaging signal processing method, imaging signal processing circuit, and imaging apparatus
    • 成像信号处理方法,成像信号处理电路和成像装置
    • JP2006054527A
    • 2006-02-23
    • JP2004232916
    • 2004-08-10
    • Sony Corpソニー株式会社
    • KOSEKI MASARUFUNATSU HIDEKAZUMATSUMOTO MASARUTANAKA KENICHIHISAMATSU YASUAKIABE MARIITO YOSHITERUNOMOTO TETSUOMATSUMOTO SHIZUTOKU
    • H04N9/04H04N9/68H04N9/73
    • PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus in which an AE control and an AWB control can be realized with a compact circuit. SOLUTION: A signal processing section 100 is provided with: a gain adjustment amplifier section 110 for carrying out a gain adjustment function on the basis of an instructed gain control variable; and a gain control section 150 for composing a gain control variable CN1(AE) for lightness control with gain control variables CN2, CN3, CN4 for white balance control and setting the result to the gain adjustment amplifier section 110. Using the same gain adjustment amplifier carries out gain adjustment for the lightness control and the white balance control. Since the same amplifier can be used for both the lightness adjustment and the color tone adjustment, the signal processing circuit can be simplified, the circuit configuration of the gain adjustment amplifier can be made compact, and a small area can be attained for the circuit. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
    • 要解决的问题:提供一种能够利用紧凑型电路实现AE控制和AWB控制的成像装置。 解决方案:信号处理部分100具有:增益调整放大器部分110,用于根据指令的增益控制变量执行增益调整功能; 以及增益控制部分150,用于通过用于白平衡控制的增益控制变量CN2,CN3,CN4组成用于亮度控制的增益控制变量CN1(AE),并将结果设置为增益调整放大器部分110.使用相同的增益调节放大器 对亮度控制和白平衡控制进行增益调整。 由于可以将相同的放大器用于亮度调整和色调调整,所以可以简化信号处理电路,可以使增益调节放大器的电路结构紧凑,并且可以获得小的电路面积。 版权所有(C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
    • 2. 发明专利
    • Solid-state image pickup device and electronic apparatus
    • 固态图像拾取装置和电子装置
    • JP2014112760A
    • 2014-06-19
    • JP2012266001
    • 2012-12-05
    • Sony Corpソニー株式会社
    • ITO YOSHITERUKASAI GEN
    • H04N5/355H01L27/146H04N5/365H04N5/369
    • H04N5/37452H04N5/3575
    • PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase a dynamic range without causing a degradation of image quality.SOLUTION: The solid-state image pickup device includes: a pixel array having a plural pixels disposed in a matrix, each pixel having a charge holding part for holding a signal charge transmitted from a photoelectric conversion part, and the charge holding part having a capacitance part of a first capacitance value and an additional capacitance part for obtaining a second capacitance value by amplifying first capacitance value; and a test voltage power source that applies a test voltage different from a drive voltage for a reset transistor in a part of the reset transistor for resetting the charge held by the charge holding part.
    • 要解决的问题:增加动态范围而不会降低图像质量。解决方案:固态图像拾取装置包括:具有以矩阵形式布置的多个像素的像素阵列,每个像素具有用于保持的电荷保持部分 从光电转换部发送的信号电荷和具有第一电容值的电容部分的电荷保持部和附加电容部,用于通过放大第一电容值来获得第二电容值; 以及测试电压电源,其在复位晶体管的一部分中施加与复位晶体管的驱动电压不同的测试电压,用于复位由电荷保持部保持的电荷。
    • 3. 发明专利
    • Imaging apparatus
    • 成像设备
    • JP2006140576A
    • 2006-06-01
    • JP2004326259
    • 2004-11-10
    • Sony Corpソニー株式会社
    • ITO YOSHITERUKOSEKI MASARUNOMOTO TETSUOFUNATSU HIDEKAZUMATSUMOTO MASARUMATSUMOTO SHIZUTOKUHISAMATSU YASUAKITANAKA KENICHIABE MARI
    • H04N9/04H04N5/335H04N5/357H04N5/374H04N5/378H04N9/07H04N101/00
    • PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an imaging apparatus including an IC chip for integrating a CMOS image sensor, an analog signal processing circuit, and an A/D conversion circuit, reducing noise intruded in an image signal outputted from the CMOS image sensor and receiving signal processing, using an amplifying circuit of the analog signal processing circuit and an amplifying circuit of digital signal processing to respectively carry out white balance processing thereby capable of carrying out the white balance processing with high accuracy at a high speed.
      SOLUTION: An imaging section 11, the analog amplifying circuit 12, and the A/D conversion circuit 13 are configured by being integrated in the solid-state imaging chip 10. The analog amplifying circuit 12 and the digital amplifying circuit 21 amplify respective image signals on the basis of respective control signals integrated by an integration block 3 at the same time and carry out the respective white balance processes.
      COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
    • 要解决的问题:提供一种成像装置,包括用于集成CMOS图像传感器的IC芯片,模拟信号处理电路和A / D转换电路,从而降低从CMOS图像输出的图像信号中的噪声 传感器和接收信号处理,使用模拟信号处理电路的放大电路和数字信号处理的放大电路分别进行白平衡处理,从而能够高精度地进行白平衡处理。 解决方案:成像部分11,模拟放大电路12和A / D转换电路13被集成在固态成像芯片10中。模拟放大电路12和数字放大电路21放大 基于由积分块3同时积分的各个控制信号进行各自的图像信号,并执行相应的白平衡处理。 版权所有(C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
    • 4. 发明专利
    • Solid-state image pickup device and electronic apparatus
    • 固态图像拾取装置和电子装置
    • JP2013197697A
    • 2013-09-30
    • JP2012060531
    • 2012-03-16
    • Sony Corpソニー株式会社
    • ITO YOSHITERUKASAI GEN
    • H04N5/378H01L27/146
    • PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid-state image pickup device which can be driven with lower electric power.SOLUTION: A solid-state image pickup device 1 has a pixel part 10 and an intermediate voltage generation circuit 16. The pixel part 10 has a photo-gate, an electric charge voltage conversion part, and a plurality of pixels 20 including a transfer transistor for transferring a signal electric charge accumulated in the photo-gate to the electric charge voltage conversion part. The intermediate voltage generation circuit 16 generates intermediate voltage to be applied to the gate of the transfer transistor, in an intermediate transfer operation at the time of reading the signal electric charge accumulated in the photo-gate by a predetermined number of the intermediate transfer operation and a full transfer operation. Furthermore, the intermediate voltage generation circuit 16 applies the intermediate voltage on a gate electrode of the photo-gate as drive voltage of the photo-gate.
    • 要解决的问题:提供可以以较低电力驱动的固态图像拾取装置。解决方案:固态图像拾取装置1具有像素部分10和中间电压产生电路16.像素部分10 具有光栅,电荷电压转换部,以及包括用于将积光在光栅中的信号电荷传送到电荷电压转换部的转移晶体管的多个像素20。 中间电压产生电路16在读取在光栅中累积的信号电荷预定数量的中间转印操作时,在中间转印操作中产生要施加到转印晶体管的栅极的中间电压,以及 完全传输操作。 此外,中间电压产生电路16将中间电压施加在光栅的栅极上,作为光栅的驱动电压。
    • 5. 发明专利
    • Imaging apparatus
    • 成像设备
    • JP2011166809A
    • 2011-08-25
    • JP2011091876
    • 2011-04-18
    • Sony Corpソニー株式会社
    • ITO YOSHITERUKOSEKI MASARUNOMOTO TETSUOFUNATSU HIDEKAZUMATSUMOTO MASARUMATSUMOTO SHIZUTOKUHISAMATSU YASUAKITANAKA KENICHIABE MARI
    • H04N9/04H04N5/374
    • PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform white balance processing with high accuracy at high speed, by performing the white balance processing using an amplifier circuit of an analog signal processing circuit and an amplifier circuit of digital signal processing, respectively. SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus is constituted by integrating an imaging part 11, an analog amplifier circuit 12, and an A/D conversion circuit 13 into a solid-state imaging chip 10. The analog amplifier circuit 12 and a digital amplifier circuit 21 amplify respective image signals based on respective control signals integrated by an integration block 3 at the same time and perform respective white balance processings. A control circuit 42 stores and reads analog image signals for integrating analog control signals in and from a part of a plurality of pixels by the integration block 3, stores and reads the analog image signals amplified after the lapse of prescribed time from certain time based on the analog control signals from the integration block 3 in and from all of a plurality of pixels, and outputs the analog image signals read to the analog amplifier circuit 12. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT
    • 要解决的问题:通过分别使用模拟信号处理电路的放大电路和数字信号处理的放大电路进行白平衡处理,以高速度高精度地进行白平衡处理。 解决方案:成像装置通过将成像部分11,模拟放大器电路12和A / D转换电路13集成到固态成像芯片10中而构成。模拟放大器电路12和数字放大器电路 21基于由积分块3同时积分的各个控制信号来放大各个图像信号,并执行各自的白平衡处理。 控制电路42通过积分块3存储并读取模拟图像信号,用于将模拟控制信号整合到多个像素的一部分中,并且从特定时间起经过规定时间后读取放大的模拟图像信号,基于 来自多个像素中的整数块3的模拟控制信号,并将读出的模拟图像信号输出到模拟放大器电路12.(C)2011,JPO&INPIT
    • 6. 发明专利
    • Solid-state imaging device, driving method thereof and electronic apparatus
    • 固态成像装置,其驱动方法和电子装置
    • JP2013187233A
    • 2013-09-19
    • JP2012049129
    • 2012-03-06
    • Sony Corpソニー株式会社
    • ITO YOSHITERU
    • H01L27/146H04N5/3745
    • PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a solid-state imaging device having excellent color reproducibility and capable of producing an excellent pixel signal even in the case of low light intensity, and to provide a driving method thereof, and an electronic apparatus using the solid-state imaging device.SOLUTION: In a solid-state imaging device 100 where a photodiode PD having a PN junction and generating signal charges corresponding to the amount of incident light is connected with the amplification gate electrode 13 of an amplification transistor Tr3, the photodiode PD is provided with a current generation part 111 for feeding a bias current forward to the photodiode PD. During a period when a bias current is flowing forward through the photodiode PD, potential of the photodiode PD changed by the signal charges generated in the photodiode PD is output from the amplification transistor Tr3, and the pixel signal is acquired.
    • 要解决的问题:为了提供即使在低光强度的情况下也具有优异的色彩再现性并且能够产生优异的像素信号的固态成像装置,并且提供其驱动方法,以及使用固体摄像装置的电子设备, 状态成像装置。解决方案:在固态成像装置100中,具有PN结的光电二极管PD和对应于入射光量的产生信号的电荷与放大晶体管Tr3的放大栅极13连接,光电二极管PD 设置有用于将偏置电流向前馈送到光电二极管PD的电流产生部分111。 在偏置电流向前流过光电二极管PD的期间,由放大晶体管Tr3输出由光电二极管PD产生的信号电荷而变化的光电二极管PD的电位,并获取像素信号。
    • 7. 发明专利
    • Solid-state imaging apparatus, imaging apparatus, pixel drive voltage optimization apparatus, and pixel drive voltage optimization method
    • 固态成像装置,成像装置,像素驱动电压优化装置和像素驱动电压优化方法
    • JP2010109677A
    • 2010-05-13
    • JP2008279472
    • 2008-10-30
    • Sony Corpソニー株式会社
    • ITO YOSHITERUOIKE YUSUKE
    • H04N5/335H04N5/355H04N5/357H04N5/374H04N5/3745H04N5/376H04N5/378
    • H04N5/335H04N5/355H04N5/3698
    • PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To set an intermediate voltage for intermediate transfer to be an appropriate value for avoiding occurrence of noise, relating to a CMOS sensor which expands dynamic range by performing intermediate transfer.
      SOLUTION: A digital calculation part 29a acquires a pixel signal based on a saturated electric charge amount during the period an electric charge generating part is saturated as well as a pixel signal based on an intermediate voltage holding electric charge amount which is held by the electric charge generating part through the intermediate transfer, from a solid-state imaging apparatus, and acquires an index value for determination based on the respective pixel signals. A determination part 320 compares the index value with an expected value of the intermediate voltage holding electric charge amount. A system control part 20b sets the level of an intermediate voltage by controlling an intermediate voltage generating part 312 so that the actual intermediate voltage holding electric charge amount comes to be an expected value of the intermediate voltage holding electric charge amount.
      COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT
    • 要解决的问题:为了将用于中间转印的中间电压设定为用于避免发生噪声的适当值,涉及通过执行中间转印来扩大动态范围的CMOS传感器。 解决方案:数字计算部分29a基于在电荷产生部分饱和的周期期间的饱和电荷量以及基于中间电压保持电荷量的像素信号来获取像素信号,该中间电压保持电荷量由 通过中间转印的电荷产生部分,从固态成像装置获取基于各个像素信号的用于确定的指标值。 判定部320将指标值与中间电压保持电荷量的期望值进行比较。 系统控制部分20b通过控制中间电压产生部分312来设定中间电压的电平,使得实际的中间电压保持电荷量成为中间电压保持电荷量的期望值。 版权所有(C)2010,JPO&INPIT