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PURPOSE:To lower the power supply voltage for saving power consumption while preventing any external noise, etc., by a method wherein an output gate outputting as charge from a transfer region to a potential conversion region is supplied with a potential of around ground level. CONSTITUTION:The charge transferred in a transfer region 3 by two phase clocks phi1, phi2 is transferred to a potential conversion region is formed of a floating diffusion region 2, a precharge drain regions 5, etc., through the intermediary of an output region 1 wherein as potential at around ground level. is not connected to an outer terminal of terminal part 3a in a region 3 but fed to a gate electrode 11 to accumulate and output the charge. Thus, the current flowing into the region 2 is not affected by any fluctuation in potential or external noise at all. Furthermore, the potential in potential conversion region can be lowered within the range not to feed any negative power supply corresponding to the output gate region 1 so that power supply voltage may be lowered to save power consumption at the cost of no dynamic range.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To uniformize the amount of electric charge stored by various charge storing regions, by connecting first and second channel stopping regions at their required sections by means of resistance regions having a required resistance. CONSTITUTION:A second channel stopping region 21B is provided so as to be connected from the ends of a first channel stopping region 21A and to surround the region 21A. This second channel stopping region 21B includes a channel stopping region LCS having a low concentration of impurity and a channel stopping region HCS having a higher concentration of impurity than that of the region LCS. An aluminium wiring 41 is adhered on and along the region HCS as indicated by the broken line so that the wiring 41 is contacted with the region HCS at a plurality of sites 42 as indicated by the marks (x). Thus, these contact sites provide terminals to which the wiring 41 gives a ground potential or a predetermined potential.
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To prevent a forced unnatural posture of a typist that for a long time, by displaying a typing original on a display by an image reader. CONSTITUTION:A CPU11 processes the data stored in an RAM13 based on a program stored in an ROM12 and controls each device. The character data supplied through a keyboard 22 is stored in a character memory 33. An original is picked up by an image reader 21, and this read data is stored in an image memory 32. The data of the memory 32 is read out by a CRT controller 42 and displayed at a CRT display 41. At the same time, the data of the memory 32 is read by the controller 42 and converted into the corresponding character signal through a character generator 43 to be displayed at the display 41. The original is displayed on a display, and the character supplied through a keyboard is also displayed on the display by looking at the display of the original. Thus an operator can keep a posture looking at the front side to facilitate an easy type input with no unnatural posture forced.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a signal processing device, a signal processing method, a signal processing program, and a display device, capable of providing high quality moving images. SOLUTION: According to the present invention, by calculating the respective pulse levels P1(n), P2(n), and P3(n) at three-time pulse signals according to the expressions (4) to (6), and supplying the display device 2 with them as driving data D6, on the basis of a signal level S(n) at arbitrary coordinates Q(x, y) among display image data D3, and a difference value E(n) corresponding to the coordinates Q(x, y) among the correlation data D4, the drive level change of each display pixel in a display period n can be adjusted in matching with the response characteristics of the display device 2 made up of an organic EL panel and the visual characteristics of human being, therefore, the possibility of recognizing residual image is reduced to a very low level for a user who enjoys the moving image displayed on the display device 2 and high image quality moving images can be provided to the user. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the convenience of a contents reproducing apparatus. SOLUTION: A reproduction instruction data generating section 46 determines particular contents parts of target contents being a reproduction object by each kind of particular special reproductions when the particular special reproduction is applied to the target contents based on the reproduction rules as to a category of the target contents among reproduction rules specified by each kind of the particular special reproductions for each category of contents, and generates reproduction instruction data cross-referencing the reproduction object information denoting the parts with identification information of the target contents. A data extract section 34 extracts the particular contents parts expressed in the reproduction target as to the kind of the particular special reproductions designated by the user cross-referenced with the identification information of the contents designated by the user in the reproduction instruction data from the contents designated by the user. The technology above can be applied to, e.g. apparatuses for recording/reproducing contents such as images. COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT
Abstract:
PURPOSE:To continuously set an arbitrary shutter speed in a high speed shutter area by impressing a prescribed voltage to a semiconductor substrate during a vertical blanking period. CONSTITUTION:The titled device is constituted so that a prescribed voltage PS can be impressed to a semiconductor substrate 1 at an arbitrary time in the vertical blanking period. Namely, since there is no signal output of an effective picture element during the vertical blanking period, the prescribed voltage, namely, a substrate pulse PS is impressed to a first semiconductor substrate 4 of a welding type at the arbitrary time and the semiconductor sub strate 4 is allowed to sweep out a signal charge accumulated in a signal charge accumulating area 6. Thus, especially in the high speed shutter area, an exposing time (namely, the sutter speed) t2 can be continuously set freely.
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PURPOSE:To improve the efficiency of transfer of charges, by varying a channel width or an insulating film thickness in the direction of transfer in each transfer electrode so as to generate an electric field in the direction of transfer. CONSTITUTION:A vertical transfer register 2 is so formed that a channel region 4 has a small width W1 in the front half part in the direction of transfer and a large width W2 in the rear half part in said direction so that a channel width be varied toward the direction of transfer in each transfer electrode 5, i.e., in each transfer element 8. According to this construction, a potential difference is produced between the front half and rear half parts different in the channel width from each other, and thereby a fringing electric field in the direction of transfer is intensified. Therefore charge transfer in each transfer element 8 is improved, and the transfer efficiency of the vertical transfer register 2 in the case when a channel is narrowed as a whole can be increased.
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PURPOSE:To constitute a stop system semielectronically and obtain a constant image pickup output regardless of the intensity of incident light by using a charge transfer element which has a longitudinal overflow drain as an image pickup element, and controlling the potential applied to a semiconductor substrate on the basis of the level of the image pickup output. CONSTITUTION:The charge transfer element CCD10 which has the longitudinal overflow drain is used as the image pickup element to be used for a solid-state image pickup device. The optical image of an object 11 is projected upon this CCD10 through an optical system 12. The image pickup output converted into an electric signal by this CCD10 is applied to an encoder 14 including a processor, exponent converting circuit, etc., through a preamplifier 14. The mean level VA of the image pickup output of the amplifier 13 is detected by a mean level detecting circuit 17 and compared with a reference level V0 by a comparing circuit 18, which is applied the comparison output VD to a control circuit 19. The circuit 19 outputs a substrate potential VB to the semiconductor substrate of the CCD10 to output the constant image pickup output regardless of the intensity of incident light.