Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120287309 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image capturing apparatus, comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an image of an object; a switching unit configured to switch a display unit so that either a first image captured in a first exposure time or a composite image composed of a second image captured in a second exposure time shorter than the first exposure time is displayed; a detection unit configured to detect motion of the apparatus; and a control unit configured to control the switching unit so that the first image is displayed in a case where a predetermined motion has been detected by the detection unit and the composite image is displayed in a case where the predetermined motion is not detected. | 11-15-2012 |
20140022401 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS THAT USES PIXELS DIFFERENT IN SENSITIVITY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of increasing the dynamic range and performing high-frame rate imaging. The image pickup apparatus includes a pixel section formed by arranging a plurality of pixels each including different types of pixels different in sensitivity to light, in a two-dimensional matrix form. Different types of ADCs perform analog-to-digital conversion of signals read out from the high-sensitivity pixels and low-sensitivity pixels in parallel and hold results in respective counter latch circuits. The pixel section has an interconnection layer including a plurality of interconnections for transferring the signals. One interconnection is used as a vertical read-out line for transferring signals from the low-sensitivity pixels, and another interconnection is used as a vertical read-out line for transferring signals from the high-sensitivity pixels. | 01-23-2014 |
20140232914 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REALIZING IMAGE PICKUP WITH WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE AND AT HIGH FRAME RATE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A solid-state image pickup apparatus which is capable of enlarging dynamic range and taking images at high frame rate. The solid-state image pickup apparatus has a pixel unit having first pixels with a first sensitivity to the light and second pixels with a second sensitivity lower than the first sensitivity, and the first pixels and the second pixels being alternately arranged in a row direction. Pixel signals are read out from the first pixels as first pixel signals, and analog-to-digital conversion of the first pixel signals is performed to obtain first digital signals. Pixel signals are read out from the second pixels as second pixel signals, and analog-to-digital conversion of the second pixel signals is performed to obtain second digital signals. The first digital signals and the second digital signals are output as image data. | 08-21-2014 |
20150181149 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM - An image pickup apparatus includes a plurality of pixels, a readout circuit configured to read out pixel signals from the pixels for each pixel row, an analog to digital (AD) converter configured to adjust an AD conversion gain depending on an output level of the readout circuit and to provide a signal from the readout circuit with an AD conversion to output image data, and a controller configured to control the AD conversion gain of the AD converter depending on a predetermined condition. | 06-25-2015 |