Sony Corporation

Nikon Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

Sony Corporaiton

Tadakuni Narabu

Yasuhito Maki

Seiichi Kawamoto

Maki Sato

Masahide Hirama

Tetsuya Kondo

Hisanori Miura

Katsunori Noguchi

Takahiro Fukuhara

Hideo Nomura

Motoaki Abe

Miaki Nakashio

Tadao Takagi

Tetsuro Goto

Hiroyuki Iwasaki

Hideo Kanbe

Akio Izumi

Tetsuya Iizuka

Masaharu Hamasaki

Yoshinori Kuno

Takeo Hashimoto

Katsuyuki Saito

Yukio Kinoshita

Yasuo Nakada

Takaji Otsu

[Object] To provide a display apparatus that displays a projection image with an improved resolution. [Solving Means] A display apparatus () includes a light-emitting device (), a micro-lens array (), and a scanning mechanism (). The light-emitting device () includes a plurality of first light-emitting pixels and a plurality of second light-emitting pixels. The micro-lens array () includes a plurality of lenses () that projects the diffuse light rays emitted respectively from the first light-emitting pixel and the second light-emitting pixel, which have been made incident, to a first reaching position and a second reaching position located at desired different positions of a projection target object (), respectively, the plurality of lenses being arranged at a pitch larger than a pixel pitch of the light-emitting pixels. The scanning mechanism () projects the diffuse light ray emitted from the first light-emitting pixel to the first reaching position via the micro-lens array () and then projects the diffuse light ray emitted from the second light-emitting pixel to the second reaching position via the micro-lens array ().

Display apparatus

A compound-eye imaging device is a compound-eye imaging device having a plurality of facet optical systems, an imaging element, and a signal processing unit. The plurality of facet optical systems of the compound-eye imaging device are disposed to face a subject in a two dimensional shape. Also, the imaging element of the compound-eye imaging device includes, in units of facets, a plurality of pixels which receive light concentrated by facet optical systems and generate image signals. Also, the signal processing unit of the compound-eye imaging device generates an image corresponding to the subject based on image signals generated by the imaging element of the compound-eye imaging device.

Compound-eye imaging device

To record an interesting image. An information processing apparatus includes an imaging unit and a control unit. The imaging unit is provided at a flight vehicle which moves in air by utilizing gas lighter than air and is configured to image a subject to generate image data. The control unit is configured to perform control movement of the flight vehicle on the basis of at least one of information relating to the flight vehicle and information of surroundings of the flight vehicle, and to perform control to record the image data generated by the imaging unit.

Information processing apparatus and information processing method

An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor in which plural pixels having a photoelectric conversion function are arranged; a light guiding unit including plural optical system windows that guide light from an object to the respective pixels of the image sensor; and a signal processing unit that performs signal processing based on imaging information of the image sensor, wherein the signal processing unit obtains distance information of the object based on the imaging information of the image sensor and generates an image in response to a distance of the object based on the distance information.

Image apparatus and imaging method

An imaging apparatus includes an imaging device, a light guide mechanism, and a signal processing unit. The imaging device converts light incident on a photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device into electric signals. The light guide mechanism, arranged adjacent to the photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device, includes a plurality of apertures that guide light from a subject to the photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device. The signal processing unit performs desired signal processing on the electric signals output from the imaging device on the basis of subject information units derived from the light guided onto the photoelectric conversion portion of the imaging device through the apertures.

Imaging apparatus and method

The present invention is applied to imaging apparatuses including video cameras for recording moving pictures, electronic still cameras, monitoring devices and such. An image pickup meansand an image compressing meansare connected integrally by a wiring layer formed on a surface of the image pickup meansopposite a light-receiving surface of the image pickup means. The image pickup meansprovides processing units of image data Srelating to an image compressing process sequentially. Image data on a partial area in an effective image area is compressed to detect a code amount in advance. A data compressing ratio is determined on the basis of the code amount, and the image data is compressed at the image compressing ratio.

Imaging apparatus, integrated circuit for image pickup device and image data processing method

The present invention relates illustratively to a video camera for recording image pickup results constituting moving pictures, an electronic still camera, and a monitoring apparatus. The invention envisages varying the charge storage time TE or the frame period of image pickup meansor the processing time TC of data compressing meansin accordance with the processing time TC of the data compressing means

Image pickup apparatus, image pickup element, and method for controlling image pickup apparatus

Subject images are formed on the image surface of an imaging device through a number of holes formed in a light shielding part arranged opposite to the image surface of the imaging device. Electric signals produced from the subject images on the image surface by photoelectric conversion through the imaging device are subjected to signal processing by a signal processing circuit to correct the displacement between the subject images formed on the image surface through the holes.

Imaging apparatus and imaging method

An image input device comprises a mirror body which is designed in a polygonal prism form and has side peripheral surfaces each formed of a mirror face, image pickup light from a subject being reflected from the mirror face, and a linear sensor for talking the image pickup light reflected from each mirror face of the mirror body to perform photoelectric conversion on the image pickup light. The mirror body is arranged so that the length direction thereof is substantially parallel to the length direction of the linear sensor, and disposed so as to be rotatable around a shaft at the center of the bottom surface which are substantially perpendicular to the length direction of the mirror body.

Image input device for obtaining 2-D and 3-D images with a linear sensor

In a floating diffusion output type or a floating gate output type charge-to-voltage converter, the floating diffusion or the floating gate is coupled to one or more diffusion regions by means of one or more switch elements, and such elements are selectively turned on or off in such a manner that the the charge-to-voltage conversion factor is raised to obtain a great voltage amplitude when a small quantity of signal charge is input, or the conversion factor is lowered to obtain a small voltage amplitude when a large quantity of signal charge is input.

Charge-to-voltage converter with adjustable conversion factor

An object of the present invention is to remote control a position of a cursor displayed on a display screen of a reception unit by means of two-dimensional/three-dimensional positioning of a transmission unit. Another object of the present invention is to select a function by operating an ON/OFF switch of the transmission unit. A light emitted from a light source block of a transmission unit 10 is injected via a first optical block 13. A reception unit 20 receives the light from the transmission unit 10 via a second optical block 21 of a sensor block 22. A detection block 28 detects a light intensity according to an output from this sensor block. A control block 26 calculates a two-dimensional/three-dimensional position of the transmission unit 10 and displays the position as the cursor position on the display screen.

Position detection apparatus and remote control apparatus

A linear image sensor device with at least two lines including linear sensors 10, 20, which device is capable of showing a wide dynamic range. In the linear image sensor device, one linear sensor 10 is made to have a high sensitivity, while the other linear sensor 20 is made to have a low sensitivity. The linear sensors are respectively equipped with readout gates 13, 23 for reading out charges from sensor arrays 12, 22 comprising a number of pixels and CCD analog shift registers 14, 24 for transferring the charges read out. In the other linear sensor 20, analog memories 29a, 29b are provided between the readout gate 23 and the CCD analog shift register 24. Owing to the provision of the analog memories 29a, 29b, the signal outputs OUT1, OUT2 simultaneously occur, which can eliminate a problem coming from the difference in position between the lines.

Linear image sensor device comprising first and second linear image

The present invention is directed to a color linear sensor of a simple structure which can accurately measure a degree of a color mixture in a sensor section. In a color linear sensor having a dot-sequential sensor array (1), only one pixel of a predetermined color (R) in a reference pixel region (3) is allowed to receive an incident light. Then, a degree of color mixture is estimated by calculating a level difference between a signal output of this pixel and a signal output of a pixel of the same color as that of the former pixel in an effective pixel region (2). Also, the present invention is to provide a color linear sensor which can prevent sensors from being displaced from each other in position, simplify a configuration of an external circuit and which can prevent a color mixture from being caused by signal charges deteriorated after they are transferred by a transfer register. In a color linear sensor having a dot-sequential sensor array (1), read-out gates (22, 24) are formed as two-stage configuration for sequentially reading out signal charges from respective sensors (1R), (1G), (1B) of the dot-sequential sensor array (1) to a CCD register (23) at the unit of pixels, thereby to sequentially output signal charges of one line at every color in a line-sequential fashion.

Color linear sensor

A linear sensor includes first, second, and third linear sensor sections each composed of a linear array of sensor elements, wherein the linear arrays of sensor elements are spaced seven lines apart from each other. In operation, an image is sensed while moving the linear sensor three lines at a time. The output signals of the respective linear sensor sections are adjusted in terms of the timing relative to each other by a timing adjustment circuit. This allows the linear sensor to sense an image at a higher scanning speed and thus for a shorter time period.

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Tadakuni Narabu