Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Solid-state image sensor and signal processing method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 固态图像传感器及其信号处理方法
-
Application No.: US12114260Application Date: 2008-05-02
-
Publication No.: US07990453B2Publication Date: 2011-08-02
- Inventor: Yoshitaka Egawa
- Applicant: Yoshitaka Egawa
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-125852 20070510
- Main IPC: H04N3/14
- IPC: H04N3/14 ; H04N5/335

Abstract:
A solid-state image sensor includes a pixel section that outputs a signal charge subjected to photoelectric conversion by each of a plurality of photoelectric transducers, a conversion circuit that converts an output signal from the pixel section into a digital signal by using a triangular wave, and a saturation signal level calculation circuit that calculates a saturation signal level of each photoelectric transducer based on the digital signal from the conversion circuit. The solid-state image sensor further includes a setting circuit which sets a maximum signal level of the triangular wave in accordance with the saturation signal level from the saturation signal level calculation circuit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080278612A1 SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2008-11-13
Information query