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20100189453 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A write reference signal generating unit uses horizontal synchronization signals output from BD sensors to generate, for each laser scanning unit of respective image forming units, a main scanning write reference signal for irradiating laser light from a semiconductor laser every other predetermined number of reflective surfaces when photosensitive drums are driven to rotate at a second speed of rotation which is slower than a standard speed of rotation. A phase adjustment unit adjusts the phase of a control signal for driving a polygonal mirror, which is output to a polygon motor of each image forming unit, on the basis of a relative time difference between image write timings of the respective laser scanning units as measured by a time difference measurement unit. | 07-29-2010 |
20100226672 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus has a first light controller to shift starts of image writing operations of light sources by a first time interval. A test data storage stores, beforehand, test image data having dot columns formed by one-dot images arranged in a row in a sub-scanning direction and at predetermined intervals in a main scanning direction. An operation controller controls an image carrier at a speed so that adjacent dot images in the sub-scanning direction overlap. A second light controller forms electrostatic latent test images on the image carrier based on timing signals with the image carrier moved by the operation controller, and draws electrostatic latent test images with different time intervals. A density measurer measures densities of the developed test images. A time interval adjusting section adjusts the time interval based on the time interval used to draw the electrostatic latent test image having the lowest measured density. | 09-09-2010 |
20110188891 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE MAGNIFICATION ADJUSTMENT METHOD - An image forming apparatus has an intermediate transfer belt stretched lightly across rollers to move endlessly in a sub-scanning direction upon image formation and has an outer surface to which a toner image formed by a development unit is transferred. A secondary transfer opposing roller is one of the rollers across which the intermediate transfer belt is stretched. A secondary transfer roller contacts the outer surface of the intermediate transfer belt and transfers the toner image on the intermediate transfer belt to recording paper. A movement mechanism moves at least one of the rollers or the secondary transfer roller and changes a pressed state of the intermediate transfer belt by the secondary transfer roller at a nip of the secondary transfer opposing roller and the secondary transfer roller. A movement mechanism control unit controls a travel distance of the roller to be moved by the movement mechanism. | 08-04-2011 |
20120162670 | MULTI-BEAM IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGE FORMATION METHOD - An image forming apparatus includes a pattern formation control unit for forming a plurality of evaluation patterns by repeatedly turning on and off a plurality of light emitters arranged in a row in units of n dots (n is an integer equal to or greater than 1) to irradiate light to a photoconductor while changing write timings of the respective light emitters in a predetermined range, an adjustment unit for improving reliability of density difference information among the plurality of evaluation patterns, and a determination unit for obtaining information on densities of the respective evaluation patterns based on a detection result on the densities of the respective evaluation patterns and determining write timings derived from the evaluation pattern having the lowest or highest density as the write timings of the plurality of light emitters. | 06-28-2012 |
20130222508 | OPTICAL UNIT, LIGHT SCANNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A light scanning device includes an optical unit. The optical unit includes a polygon mirror and a polygon motor. The polygon mirror includes n (n is an integer equal to or larger than 1) mirror surfaces and guides light in a main scanning direction of an image bearing member. The polygon motor includes m (m is an integer equal to or larger than 1 and is coprime with n) poles and rotates the polygon mirror. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222512 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive body, an exposure unit, a pulse generating unit, a smoothing unit, a drive current generating unit, and a second emitting control unit. The exposure unit includes a light source for emitting a light beam, and causes the light beam emitted from the light source to perform scanning in a main scanning direction, thereby drawing a main scanning line on the photosensitive body. The second emitting control unit causes the light source to emit the light beam, in an APC period of automatically controlling the light quantity of the light beam, by causing the pulse generating unit to generate a pulse signal having a duty ratio of 100 percent, causing the smoothing unit to smooth the pulse signal thereby generating an analog signal, and causing the drive current generating unit to generate a drive current based on the analog signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130222864 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an exposing section, a pulse generating section, a frequency storing section, an emission control section, a smoothing section, and a driving-current generating section. The pulse generating section generates a periodic pulse signal indicating light amount of light beam emitted by a light source of the exposing section. The frequency storing section stores in advance a plurality of frequencies of the pulse signal. The emission control section selects, in the rendering of each main scanning line, any one of the plurality of frequencies and instructs the pulse generating section to generate the pulse signal having the selected frequency. The smoothing section smoothes the pulse signal generated by the pulse generating section according to the instruction of the emission control section and generates analog signal. The driving-current generating section generates driving current for the light source of the exposing section on the basis of the analog signal. | 08-29-2013 |
20130235141 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - Image forming apparatus includes elements as follows. Light-amount storing section stores, in the main scanning line divided into a plurality of blocks, light amounts of a light beam irradiated on the blocks. Change-data storing section stores a plurality of change data items set in the vicinity of each of block boundaries of the plurality of blocks. The plurality of change data items are used to cope with each of a plurality of events that are likely to affect the image quality in the vicinity of the block boundary. Irradiation control section selects, out of the plurality of change data items, change data for coping with an event selected out of the plurality of events and instructs Pulse generating section to generate, in the vicinity of the block boundary, pulse signal from which analog signal indicating a change in a value represented by the selected change data is obtained. | 09-12-2013 |
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20120090680 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module capable of reducing stress to which an extraction wiring member connected to an extraction electrode portion is subjected from a sealer is obtained. This solar cell module includes a solar cell formed on a substrate having insulating properties, an extraction electrode portion extracting electric charges generated by the solar cell, formed on the substrate, an extraction wiring member collecting electric charges, connected to the extraction electrode portion, a covering member covering at least part of the extraction wiring member, and a sealer sealing the solar cell, the extraction electrode portion, the extraction wiring member, and the covering member in a state of covering the solar cell, the extraction electrode portion, the extraction wiring member, and the covering member. | 04-19-2012 |
20120145224 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Disclosed is a solar cell module wherein peeling between a substrate and a photoelectric conversion layer is not easily generated. In the solar cell module, a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements, each of which has a transparent electrode ( | 06-14-2012 |
20150194552 | SOLAR CELL MODULE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SOLAR CELL MODULE - A solar cell module includes a translucent member disposed at a light-receiving side, a glass plate, having a through-hole, which is provided in such a position as to face the translucent member, a photovoltaic device provided between the translucent member and the glass plate, a sealing portion that seals the through-hole, a wiring, which is connected to the photovoltaic device and which is arranged in such a manner as to extend below the sealing portion, and a conductive member arranged on top of the wiring and below the sealing portion. The sealing portion includes a glass member, joined to an inner circumferential surface of the through-hole, and a metal terminal that outputs the electric power, generated in the photovoltaic device, to the exterior. The metal terminal is joined to the glass member in a manner such that the metal terminal penetrates the glass member. | 07-09-2015 |
20150340092 | DATA GENERATING DEVICE AND DATA GENERATING METHOD - A data generating device includes: a memory cell array including a plurality of memory cells; a read circuit operative to obtain a plurality of resistance value information pieces from the plurality of memory cells; and a data generator circuit operative to set a condition on the basis of the plurality of resistance value information pieces, and generating data by allocating, on the basis of the condition, the plurality of resistance value information pieces into a plurality of sets which respectively correspond to a plurality of values constituting the data. Each of the plurality of memory cells has a characteristic where, when in a variable state, a resistance value thereof reversibly changes between a plurality of variable resistance value ranges in accordance with an electric stress applied. | 11-26-2015 |
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20100188528 | IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS OF IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF IMAGE RECORDING DEVICE - An image recording device that records captured image data according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an image sensor that acquires image data; a memory that holds measured PSF data indicating a PSF of at least one area of the image sensor virtually divided into a plurality of areas; and a restoring unit that restores the image data by using the measured PSF data. The measured PSF data is acquired from captured data acquired by capturing an adjustment chart for virtually dividing the image sensor into a plurality of areas by the image recording device. | 07-29-2010 |
20100328502 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING APPARATUS - A frequency component comparing unit performs frequency component comparison for each of the image signals corresponding to the wavelength components subjected to resolution reconstruction. An image synthesizing unit performs image synthesis with an image signal that is selected according to a comparison result of the frequency component comparing unit as a component. The wavelength component that is subjected to frequency component comparison by frequency component comparing unit is selected according to the modulation transfer function characteristic of the optical system. | 12-30-2010 |
20110043665 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes a shading correcting unit, a distortion correcting unit, a lens-characteristic estimating unit, and a resolution restoring unit. The shading correcting unit, the distortion correcting unit, the lens-characteristic estimating unit, the resolution restoring unit carry out signal processing for each of image data obtained by a plurality of sub-camera modules. | 02-24-2011 |
20110134262 | CAMERA MODULE, IMAGE RECORDING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a camera module includes two or more sub camera modules and a block matching unit. The two or more sub camera modules are fixed in an arrangement in which directions of optical axes of the imaging optical systems differ to each other. The block matching unit matches the images of the subject of the respective sub camera modules in portions where the image circles of the imaging optical systems overlap with each other. | 06-09-2011 |
20110157399 | CAMERA MODULE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a camera module includes a plurality of sub-camera modules. The sub-camera modules include imaging elements and imaging lenses. At least two of the sub-camera modules include the imaging lenses, subject distances of which when best-focused are set different from each other. | 06-30-2011 |
20110234824 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an image processing method includes storing, in a frame memory, first and second images of continuously taken N (however, N is not less than 2) images, cutting an image as an image for correction from a plurality of reference areas of the first and second images stored in the frame memory, calculating such a hand shake correction amount that the first image and the second image overlap with high accuracy with the use of a plurality of images for correction of the first and second images and correcting the first image with the calculated hand shake correction amount, overwriting the corrected first image in the first image stored in the frame memory, composing the corrected first image and the second image to obtain a composite image, and overwriting the composited the composite image in the second image stored in the frame memory. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234863 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, COLOR FILTER ARRANGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device having color pixels in which color filters are arranged for respective pixels, wherein in a color filter array in which two blocks of two pixels in a row direction×two pixels in a column direction of an X1 color are arranged on one diagonal line, and a block of two pixels in the row direction×two pixels in the column direction of an X2 color and a block of two pixels in the row direction×two pixels in the column direction of an X3 color are arranged on the other diagonal line, the pixels are shifted by one pixel in the column direction alternately in the row direction. | 09-29-2011 |
20110234865 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, COLOR FILTER ARRANGEMENT METHOD THEREFOR AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, in a solid-state imaging device having color pixels in which color filters are arranged for respective pixels, two blocks of two pixels in the row direction×two pixels in the column direction of an X1 color are arranged on one diagonal line, and a block of two pixels in the row direction×two pixels in the column direction of one of an X2 color and an X3 color and a block of two pixels of the other color and two pixels of an X4 color arranged diagonally are arranged on the other diagonal line, and magnitudes of wavelengths satisfy the following relationship: X3 color09-29-2011 | |
20110292182 | CAMERA MODULE AND IMAGE RECORDING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a camera module includes a first sub-camera module, a second sub-camera module, and an imaging circuit serving as a position correcting unit. The position correcting unit corrects a position of an image at a cross point of imaging lenses. The position correcting unit corrects the position of the image acquired through the image-capture by the second sub-camera module. | 12-01-2011 |
20120188336 | CAMERA MODULE, PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, a camera module has a first image sensor, a second image sensor and an image processing apparatus. The image processing apparatus outputs an image signal for a stereoscopic display. A second sub-camera module including the second image sensor has a signal processing unit. The second image is acquired by the second sub-camera module. The signal processing unit executes signal processing for adjusting a second image corresponding to a difference between the numbers of pixels of the first image sensor and the second image sensor. | 07-26-2012 |
20120188387 | CAMERA MODULE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a camera module includes an image stabilization section and a superposing section. The image stabilization section adjusts a position of a correction lens such that a second image, which is obtained in succession to a first image, is moved by a movement less than a length of one pixel relative to the first image. The superposing section superposes the first image and one or more of the second images that are taken after the position of the correction lens has been adjusted by the image stabilization section. | 07-26-2012 |
20120236186 | CAMERA MODULE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, a camera module includes a second imaging optical system and an image processing section. The second imaging optical system forms an image piece. The image processing section has at least one of an alignment adjustment section, a resolution restoration section, and a shading correction section and has a stitching section. The stitching section joins the image pieces, subjected to at least one of alignment adjustment, resolution restoration, and shading correction, together to form a subject image. | 09-20-2012 |
20120236190 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array and an infrared light eliminating portion. The pixel array has a plurality of pixel cells arranged as being array-shaped. The pixel array detects a signal level of each color light as being shared for each pixel cell. The infrared light eliminating portion eliminates infrared light from light proceeding toward a photoelectric conversion element. The infrared light eliminating portion is arranged for each pixel cell. The infrared light eliminating portion has selection wavelength being set in accordance with color light to be a detection target of the pixel cell. | 09-20-2012 |
20120242784 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, CAMERA MODULE, AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing method includes at least one of an alignment adjustment and a resolution reconstruction in image processing on an object image. The object image is imaged by an imaging optical system including a fisheye lens. In the alignment adjustment, a coordinate transformation on the object image is performed. The coordinate transformation includes a correction of displacement in the object image caused by an individual difference of the fisheye lens. The resolution reconstruction is performed on the object image based on lens characteristics of the fisheye lens. | 09-27-2012 |
20120242804 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes an image capturing unit and a timing adjustment unit. The image capturing unit captures a first image and a second image. The timing adjustment unit adjusts the frame timing of the first image and the frame timing of the second image captured to the image capturing unit. The timing adjustment unit makes an adjustment for delaying the frame timing of the second image to the frame timing of the first image possible. | 09-27-2012 |
20120314108 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE, AND IMAGING METHOD - According to embodiments, a solid-state imaging device includes a plurality of pixel cells. The plurality of pixel cells includes a first green pixel cell and a second green pixel cell. The first green pixel cell detects first green light of a first wavelength region. The second green pixel cell detects second green light of a second wavelength region. The second wavelength region includes the first wavelength region. A half-value width of a function representing a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the second green pixel cell is larger than a half-value width of a function representing a spectral sensitivity characteristic of the first green pixel cell. | 12-13-2012 |
20130016188 | CAMERA MODULE AND IMAGE CAPTURING METHODAANM OGASAHARA; TakayukiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP OGASAHARA; Takayuki Kanagawa JP - According to the embodiment, a camera module has a variable aperture unit and a control driver. In the variable aperture unit, switching is made between transmitting and blocking of the light incident from the imaging lens for each region. In the variable aperture unit, at least one of an area and a position of the transmissive region for transmitting light can be changed. The control driver can adjust the imaging timing of the image sensor in response to at least one of the area and the position of the transmissive region. | 01-17-2013 |
20130016251 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CAMERA MODULEAANM OGASAHARA; TakayukiAACI KanagawaAACO JPAAGP OGASAHARA; Takayuki Kanagawa JP - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes a first image sensor, a second image sensor, and an image pickup processing circuit. The first image sensor is configured to output a first image signal according to an intensity distribution of each of color lights from an object. The second image sensor is configured to output a second image signal according to a luminance distribution of the light from the object. The image pickup processing circuit includes an image synthesizer. The image synthesizer is configured to synthesize color information included in the first image signal and luminance information included in the second image signal. | 01-17-2013 |
20130100311 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, CAMERA MODULE, AND FOCUS ADJUSTMENT METHOD OF CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, a solid-state imaging device includes an imaging processing circuit and a focus drive control section. The imaging processing circuit includes a luminance information generating section and a disparity amount calculating section. The luminance information generating section generates first luminance information from a first image signal. The disparity amount calculating section calculates a disparity amount based on the first luminance information and second luminance information. The second luminance information is contained in a second image signal. The focus drive control section controls the focus drive in accordance with a subject distance obtained using the disparity amount. | 04-25-2013 |
20130128092 | CAMERA MODULE - According to one embodiment, a camera module includes an image sensor, a main lens system and a sublens group. The sublens group is provided in an optical path between the main lens system and the image sensor. The sublens group forms an image piece for every pixel block. The image piece corresponds to a part of a subject image. The sublens group is integrated with a support structure. The support structure serves to support the sublens group above the image sensor. | 05-23-2013 |
20130201371 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - According to one embodiment, a noise reduction circuit includes a noise reduction filter for converting a pixel value of a pixel of interest through a calculation that uses the pixel value of the pixel of interest and pixel values of adjacent pixels. The noise reduction filter is set, for the calculation, with a heavier weighting for vertically adjacent pixels than that for horizontally adjacent pixels. The horizontally adjacent pixels are adjacent pixels that are located in parallel with the pixel of interest in a horizontal direction. The vertically adjacent pixels are adjacent pixels that are located in parallel with the pixel of interest in a vertical direction. | 08-08-2013 |
20130201391 | CAMERA MODULE, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a refocus filter generating unit and a refocus image generating unit. The refocus image generating unit executes a filtering process using a refocus filter generated by the refocus filter generating unit. A filtering level of the refocus filter is adjusted according to a subject distance of a subject to be focused and sighted among a plurality of subjects projected in a first image and a second image. | 08-08-2013 |
20130278813 | CAMERA MODULE AND IMAGING METHOD - According to one embodiment, in a first imaging mode, an imaging mode control unit allows a second imaging optical system to function in an optical path between an imaging unit and a first imaging optical system and stops focus adjustment. In a second imaging mode, the imaging mode control unit stops the function of the second imaging optical system and allows the focus adjustment to be performed. The first imaging optical system takes in a light from an object to the imaging unit. The second imaging optical system forms an image piece in each pixel block. | 10-24-2013 |
20140264690 | SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID STATE IMAGING DEVICE - Certain embodiments provide a solid state imaging device including a plurality of pixels. Each of the pixels has a semiconductor layer which has a charge accumulating layer at a front surface thereof and a filter layer provided above a rear surface of the semiconductor layer. Transmissive wavelength bands of the filter layers included in the pixels are different from each other, and thicknesses which a plurality of the semiconductor layers included in the pixels and including a plurality of the charge accumulating layers have are different from each other. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267844 | CAMERA MODULE - Certain embodiments provide a camera module including a housing of a substantially cuboid shape, a light reflecting portion, a plurality of solid-state imaging device, a lens, and an optical spectroscope. The light reflecting portion is arranged inside the housing and reflects the light incident from the opening portion which is formed on a top surface of the housing, in a direction parallel to a longitudinal direction of the housing. Each of a plurality of solid-state imaging devices has a light receiving surface which is provided in the housing vertically to the bottom surface of the housing. The lens is arranged inside the housing such that an optical axis is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the housing. The optical spectroscope is arranged inside the housing and separates the light which has passed through the lens into lights. | 09-18-2014 |
20150029369 | CAMERA MODULE - A camera module includes a solid-state image sensing device having a light receiving surface on which a plurality of pixels are provided, and a lens disposed above the solid-state image sensing device and configured to direct light into each of the pixels of the solid-state image sensing device. The lens includes at least one convex portion on a surface facing the light receiving surface of the solid-state image sensing device, and the light receiving surface of the solid-state image sensing device is curved so that chief rays of the light directed by the lens are incident on the respective pixels at substantially the same angles. | 01-29-2015 |