The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2015
Applicants:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Inventor:
Kazunori Tanaka, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignees:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT INC., Culver City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2011.01); H04N 5/355 (2011.01); H04N 5/235 (2006.01); H04N 5/369 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/35563 (2013.01); H04N 5/2356 (2013.01); H04N 5/35518 (2013.01); H04N 5/369 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image sensor including: a plurality of sensing elements, each sensing element including a plurality of layers of varying sensitivities, wherein the plurality of layers is configured to record impinging photons, and wherein each layer of each sensing element is configured to attenuate flow of the photons into the next layer. Key words include a multi-layered sensor and high-dynamic range.