Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080252743 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR DRIVING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus has a pixel array including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in column and row directions, a first output unit configured to be driven by a first driving signal and to output first signals fed from at least some of the photoelectric conversion elements in the pixel array, and a second output unit configured to be driven by a second driving signal and to output second signals fed from at least some of the photoelectric conversion elements in the pixel array. The first driving signal and the second driving signal are asynchronous. | 10-16-2008 |
20090096905 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An image pickup apparatus which is capable of providing optimal image quality according to a scene to be shot, and is improved in user-friendliness. A determination unit comprising a comparator, a comparison potential, and an OR element determines an output level of each pixel or each area formed by a plurality of pixels in the image pickup device with reference to a predetermined output level. A system controller changes a charge transfer period in a horizontal blanking period for a line including a pixel or an area of with the output level is not lower than the predetermined output level, according to a result of determination by the determination unit. | 04-16-2009 |
20120113301 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus for processing image signals output from an image sensor having a plurality of unit cells each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements for receiving light passing through different pupil regions and each of which can be read out separately, wherein: a detection unit detects a phase difference between a plurality of images each formed on the basis of image signals of photoelectric conversion elements located in a same position in each of the plurality of unit cells; a determination unit determines a defective photoelectric conversion element; and a correction unit corrects a defective image signal of a defective photoelectric conversion element using an image signal corresponding to the defective image signal and constituting another of the plurality of images that does not include the defective image signal, based on the phase difference detected by the detection unit. | 05-10-2012 |
20120236191 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT PROVIDED WITH CHARGE HOLDING PORTION, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus capable of reducing the influence of dark current noise to thereby obtain excellent image quality, even when the dynamic range is expanded under a photographing condition. In an image pickup element of a CMOS image sensor of the apparatus, a photo diode (PD) generates and accumulates electric charge according to an optical input, and a floating diffusion portion (FD) accumulates the electric charges. A charge holding portion (MEM) is disposed between PD and FD. A first transfer transistor selectively separates and connect between PD and MEM, and a second transfer transistor selectively separates and connects between MEM and FD. A system control circuit sets an operation mode to either a first operation mode in which PD and MEM are separated or a second operation mode according to photographing conditions for shooting an object in which PD and MEM are connected. | 09-20-2012 |
20130258155 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT HAVING IMAGE PICKUP PIXEL AND FOCUS DETECTION PIXEL AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image pickup apparatus | 10-03-2013 |
20140043437 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An image pickup apparatus ( | 02-13-2014 |
20140139644 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME AND PROGRAM - Left- and right-eye captured images are output upon reception of light beams having passed through one imaging optical system, and the difference, between the left- and right-eye captured images, of each of subjects included in the left- and right-eye captured images is detected. An extraction image extracted from a region which includes a main subject and has a predetermined size is output for each of the left- and right-eye captured images. At this time, the region is set so that the difference, between the left- and right-eye captured images, of a subject which is different from the main subject and included in both the extraction images has a predetermined value. | 05-22-2014 |
20150249799 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT HAVING IMAGE PICKUP PIXEL AND FOCUS DETECTION PIXEL AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD - An image pickup apparatus | 09-03-2015 |