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20090014628 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS - An apparatus including: a photodiode including: a first conductivity substrate; a second conductivity PD-well on the substrate's first surface side; and a first conductivity collection well inside the PD-well; a modulation transistor including: a second conductivity TR-well connected with the PD-well, and a junction depth shallower than that of the PD-well; a first conductivity modulation well inside the TR-well, and connected with the collection well; a second conductivity source inside the modulation well, and including a region contacting the first surface; a gate electrode in a region partially covering the modulation well and enclosing the source; a gate insulation layer between the gate and the first surface; and a second conductivity drain partially sandwiching the gate and opposing the source, and including a region contacting the first surface; and a transfer transistor connected to modulation transistors in pixels between the source and a connected source line. | 01-15-2009 |
20090128120 | REFERENCE VOLTAGE GENERATION CIRCUIT, AD CONVERTER, DA CONVERTER, AND IMAGE PROCESSOR - A reference voltage generation circuit includes a plurality of resistors that divide a prescribed input reference voltage into a plurality of divisional voltages and a plurality of analogue switches one of which selects one of the divisional voltages to output the selected divisional voltage as a desired reference voltage. Each of the analogue switches is formed of a transistor, and a size of the transistor is varied corresponding to a level of the reference voltage to be output. | 05-21-2009 |
20150116707 | SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND SPECTROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT METHOD - A spectroscopic measurement device includes a variable wavelength interference filter capable of selectively emitting light with a predetermined wavelength out of incident light, and changing the wavelength of the light to be emitted, a light receiving element adapted to output a detection signal corresponding to a light exposure in response to an exposure to the light emitted from the variable wavelength interference filter, a detection signal acquisition section adapted to obtain a plurality of detection signals different in the light exposure from each other with respect to each of the wavelengths, and a selection section adapted to select the detection signal having a highest signal level out of signal levels of the detection signals obtained, which are lower than a maximum signal level corresponding to a saturated light exposure of the light receiving element. | 04-30-2015 |
20150185074 | OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING OPTICAL MODULE - An optical module includes a wavelength variable interference filter that selects light of a predetermined wavelength from incident light, and can change the wavelength of emitted light; a global shutter imaging element that accumulates electric charges while being exposed to the emitted light, and outputs a detection signal in response to the accumulated electric charges; an imaging element controller for setting a photodetection period during which the electric charges are accumulated in the imaging element, and a standby period during which the electric charges accumulated in the imaging elements are reset; and a spectroscopic controller for controlling the wavelength change driving of the emitted light. The imaging element controller sets the duration of the standby period to a minimum drive time for changing the wavelength or greater. The spectroscopic controller starts the wavelength change driving at the start of the standby period. | 07-02-2015 |
20150185080 | OPTICAL MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF DRIVING OPTICAL MODULE - A spectrometry apparatus includes a wavelength variable interference filter emitting light of various predetermined wavelengths; a roll shutter imaging element having pixels accumulating electric charges when exposed to light, and forming one frame by photodetection for each pixel block including pixels with a predetermined time delay for each pixel block, in which the imaging element accumulates electric charges in a photodetection period, and outputs a detection signal in response to the accumulated electric charges in a non-photodetection period; and a spectroscopic controller controlling the wavelength change driving of the emitted light of the wavelength variable interference filter. For the one frame, the spectroscopic controller starts the wavelength change driving at an end timing of the photodetection period of a final pixel block for which the photodetection process is performed at the end. | 07-02-2015 |
20150211927 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A spectrometry device includes a wavelength variable interference filter; a filter driving unit which sets a wavelength of light which is output from the wavelength variable interference filter, and outputs at least red light and green light among three color light beams of predetermined red light in a red color wavelength range, predetermined green light in a green light wavelength range, and predetermined blue light in a blue light wavelength range in a predetermined order; an imaging element which receives at least red light and green light which are output from the wavelength variable interference filter, and obtains at least a red image and a green image among three color images; and an image generation unit which generates a composite image using the latest color images including at least the obtained red image and green image. | 07-30-2015 |
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20100206599 | MACHINE-TOOL SPINDLE HEAD - A machine-tool spindle head makes it possible to prevent the size of the entire device from increasing and can easily control drive motors compared to a related device. A machine-tool spindle | 08-19-2010 |
20100275726 | ROTARY INDEXING TABLE DEVICE FOR MACHINE TOOL - In a rotary indexing table device | 11-04-2010 |
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