Sony Corporation

Japan Display West Inc.

Sony Group Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Go Yamanaka

Tsutomu Harada

Yoshiharu Nakajima

Mitsuru Tateuchi

Masafumi Matsui

Daisuke Takama

Takeru Tamayama

Michiru Senda

Ryoichi Tsuzaki

Ryoichi Ito

Hideyuki Omori

Takuya Yamaguchi

Yasuhiro Yukawa

Hiroshi Mizuhashi

Koji Noguchi

Masanobu Ikeda

Shinya Hashimoto

Yasuhito Maki

Kazunori Yamaguchi

Yasuyuki Matsui

Naoya Okada

Toru Nishi

Taro Sugizaki

Masafumi Kunii

Daisuke Yoshioka

Norihiro Ichimaru

Yousuke Horie

Naoki Hosoi

Tadashi Maekawa

Takesi Kozasa

Keneki Go

An image-capturing apparatus, a control method, and a program that make it possible to easily provide an image suitable for the operation of a vehicle. The controller controls reading of an image from an image sensor that captures the image, on the basis of vehicle information acquired by a vehicle, the image being displayed on a display section of the vehicle. Embodiments may be applicable to a viewing system that displays an image of a region behind a vehicle.

Image-capturing apparatus, control method, and program

The present technology relates to, for example, an image-capturing apparatus, an image processing method, and a program that make it possible to suppress an increase in costs. A controller performs an extraction control for extracting a first image and a second image from a captured image captured by an image sensor that performs image-capturing, the first image being displayed on a first display section, the second image being displayed on a second display section. A data amount adjuster adjusts data amounts of the first image and the second image according to vehicle information acquired from a vehicle. For example, the present technology is applicable to a viewing system that displays an image of a region behind a vehicle.

Image-capturing apparatus, image processing method, and program

The present technology relates to a solid-state image sensor, an imaging control method, a signal processing method, and an electronic apparatus that suppress the deterioration of image quality, which is caused by the difference of sensitivity between pixels. A solid-state image sensor includes: a pixel array unit including a plurality of pixels arranged, the plurality of pixels including a plurality of kinds of pixels, the plurality of kinds of pixels including a first pixel and a second pixel, the first pixel having the highest sensitivity, the second pixel having a sensitivity lower than the sensitivity of the first pixel; and a control unit that controls at least one of an analog gain and exposure time of/for the respective pixels depending on a ratio between the sensitivities of the first pixel and the second pixel. The present technology is applicable to a solid-state image sensor such as a CMOS image sensor.

Solid-state image sensor, imaging control method, signal processing method, and electronic apparatus

A display device having at least a display circuit for displaying an image, and a light receiving sensor for detecting a light disposed is provided. When a light receiving circuit region including the light receiving sensor is made a dark portion, and a region other than the light receiving circuit region is made a light portion, the display circuit and the light receiving sensor are disposed so that a spatial frequency of a repetitive pattern of the light portions and the dark portions becomes equal to or higher than 10 cpd.

Display device and information processing apparatus

A display device with an image pickup function includes: a plurality of pixel signal lines each supplied with a pixel signal; a plurality of display pixels each performing a display operation based on the pixel signal; and a plurality of image pickup elements each including a photo-detector and a capacitor, the photo-detector generating a current of a magnitude corresponding to a photo-detection amount, the capacitor performing a discharging operation which follows a charging operation with the current from the photo-detector to output a charged voltage for a read operation. In the display device, a voltage level of the pixel signal line during the discharging operation is equal to a voltage level of the pixel signal line during the reading operation.

Display device with image pickup function, driving method, and electronic device

An information input device includes an input panel including an illumination light source, a plurality of first light-receiving elements and one or more second light-receiving elements, the illumination light source emitting detection light for detecting an external proximity object, the plurality of first light-receiving elements receiving detection light emitted from the illumination light source and then reflected from the external proximity object, the second light-receiving elements for monitoring the intensity of the detection light; a correction section performing adaptive sensitivity correction on light-receiving signals obtained by the first light-receiving elements through use of an intensity monitor signal of detection light obtained by the second light-receiving element; and an image processing section obtaining object information about one or more of the position, shape and size of the external proximity object based on a picked-up image obtained from the light-receiving signals subjected to the sensitivity correction by the correction section.

Information input device, information input/output device and electronic device

A liquid crystal display apparatus having little influence of noise and able to improve an SN ratio of a light reception system without requiring a calibration operation when turning on the power, is provided. The apparatus has a plurality of display cellshaving display circuits, light receiving cellseach including a light receiving element, a reference cellhaving a configuration equivalent to the configuration of the light receiving cell and blocked from incidence of a light upon the light receiving element, and a received light signal processing circuitperforming differential signal processing of an output signal of the light receiving celland an output signal of the reference celland deleting noise.

Display apparatus

Provided is an image pickup device with which object detection can be performed with a good stability no matter in what use conditions. A display areaof an I/O display panelis provided therein with a plurality of main sensorseach including, as a photosensitive wavelength region, a wavelength region &#x394;&#x3bb;of detection light for use to detect any proximity object, and a plurality of auxiliary sensorswhose photosensitivity in the wavelength region of the detection light is lower than photosensitivity of the main sensors. Moreover, with use of a composite image F derived based on a differential image MC obtained by the main sensorsand a differential image HC obtained by the auxiliary sensors, object information about the proximity object is acquired. Accordingly, even when the proximity object is moving on the display areaof the I/O display panel, for example, any false signal can be prevented from being generated in the composite image F.

Image pickup device, display-and-image pickup device, and electronic device

An image pickup apparatus capable of easily improving the detection accuracy of a touching or proximity object is provided. An offset noise (a reset image R) is obtained by an image pickup process in a state (a reset state) in which an image pickup device is initialized. Moreover, a fingertip extraction process is performed in consideration of the offset noise on the basis of a picked-up image (a shadow image A or a display light-using image B) which is obtained by picking up an image of a proximity object to obtain object information about the proximity object. While an offset noise in the apparatus is easily reduced, object information about the proximity object can be obtained.

Image pickup apparatus, display-and-image-pickup apparatus and image pickup processing apparatus

Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display including a liquid crystal panel including, a first substrate, a second substrate opposed to said first substrate, and a liquid crystal layer interposed between said first substrate and said second substrate, a plurality of pixels being arrayed in a first direction and in a second direction orthogonal to said first direction in a pixel area provided in a plane where said first substrate and said second substrate are opposed.

Liquid crystal display

A display apparatus includes: at least one pixel section including a display cell that has a pixel electrode and a light-receiving cell that has a light-receiving element; and a shielding electric conductor configured to electrically shield the pixel electrode on the side of the display cell from the light-receiving element. The shielding electric conductor is formed between the pixel electrode and the light-receiving element and has a fixed potential.

Display apparatus and electronic apparatus

Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display apparatus, including: a liquid crystal panel having a pixel region in which first and second electrodes apply an electric field to a liquid crystal layer to display an image; the liquid crystal panel including a photo-sensor element having a light receiving face at which the photo-sensor element receives incident light through the liquid crystal layer in the pixel region to produce received light data; at least one of the first and second electrodes being formed in a region of the pixel region other than a light receiving face corresponding region of the pixel region which corresponds to the light receiving face of the photo-sensor element.

Liquid crystal display apparatus

A display device, light receiving method, and information processing device are provided. The display device including a plurality of sub-pixels forming a pixel as a unit of display resolution of an image, the plurality of sub-pixels being arranged in a delta arrangement, a display circuit for displaying the image, a light receiving sensor for detecting light, the display circuit and the light receiving sensor being disposed in each of the sub-pixels, wherein display signal lines for supplying a display signal to the sub-pixels are wired to all of the sub-pixels in a same direction, two or more the light receiving sensors arranged in a direction perpendicular to the wiring direction of the display signal lines are connected to each other, and a received light signal obtained from the two or more the light receiving sensors connected to each other is output from a light receiving circuit.

Display device, light receiving method, and information processing device

A photosensor including a semiconductor thin film having a light receiving portion includes the following elements. A substrate has a recess with an inclined side wall having a forward tapered shape. A reflective material layer is disposed along the recess of the substrate. An insulating layer covers the substrate having thereon the reflective material layer. The semiconductor thin film is disposed on the insulating layer so as to cross the recess. The light receiving portion of the semiconductor thin film is disposed above the recess.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Go Yamanaka