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Number: 348/245
Name: Television > Camera, system and detail > Combined image signal generator and general image signal processing > Including noise or undesired signal reduction > Dark current > Using dummy pixels
Description: Subject matter wherein the image sensor is provided with non-imaging (i.e., blank) elements which are used to generate a dark current correction signal.










Patents under this class:
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Patent Number Title Of Patent Date Issued
7619597 Method and system for programming, calibrating and driving a light emitting device display Nov. 17, 2009
7612810 Reduction of effect of image processing on image sensor Nov. 3, 2009
7586076 Image sensor device having one or more modified dummy pixels that are usable as non-volatile memory elements Sep. 8, 2009
7570838 Image correction method for compensating for misalignment of pixels in holographic digital data storage system Aug. 4, 2009
7570289 Electronic camera having a clamp circuit and performing a clamping process on an image signal Aug. 4, 2009
7567277 Image-pickup device and signal processing method for noise correction Jul. 28, 2009
7545427 Image sensing apparatus and control method thereof Jun. 9, 2009
7545418 Image sensor device having improved noise suppression capability and a method for supressing noise in an image sensor device Jun. 9, 2009
7535502 Pixel correction system and method for CMOS imagers May. 19, 2009
7522199 Imaging device with light-shielding region, control method thereof and CMOS image sensor with light-shielding region Apr. 21, 2009
7471842 Method and apparatus for dynamically detecting pixel values Dec. 30, 2008
7443432 Suppression of noise in pixel V.sub.DD supply Oct. 28, 2008
7432965 Black level correcting device and electronic camera Oct. 7, 2008
7427740 Image sensor with drain region between optical black regions Sep. 23, 2008
7408579 Solid-state imaging device Aug. 5, 2008
7391449 Method of processing the black level of a pixel matrix of an image sensor, and corresponding sensor Jun. 24, 2008
7391454 Image sensor controller, electronic device, and method for controlling image sensor Jun. 24, 2008
7388609 Dynamic identification and correction of defective pixels Jun. 17, 2008
7385636 Low noise sample and hold circuit for image sensors Jun. 10, 2008
7324072 Pixel border for improved viewability of a display device Jan. 29, 2008
7321329 Analog-to-digital converter and semiconductor device Jan. 22, 2008
7304673 Image sensor array with substitutional circuit distribution Dec. 4, 2007
7298403 Image reading device Nov. 20, 2007
7292213 Method and device for repairing defective pixels of a liquid crystal display panel Nov. 6, 2007
7271833 Image pickup apparatus, image data processing apparatus, image data outputting method, image data processing system and image pickup device Sep. 18, 2007
7256383 Optical sensor circuit, method of processing output signal of the same, and electronic apparatus Aug. 14, 2007
7235773 Method and apparatus for image signal compensation of dark current, focal plane temperature, and electronics temperature Jun. 26, 2007
7196725 Image reading apparatus and computer readable storage medium Mar. 27, 2007
7154078 Differential column readout scheme for CMOS APS pixels Dec. 26, 2006
7151568 Displacement sensor Dec. 19, 2006
7148524 Solid-state imaging device and method for driving the same Dec. 12, 2006
7084912 Method for reducing coherent row-wise and column-wise fixed pattern noise in CMOS image sensors Aug. 1, 2006
7081608 Pixel with differential readout Jul. 25, 2006
7050098 Signal processing apparatus and method, and image sensing apparatus having a plurality of image sensing regions per image frame May. 23, 2006
7002498 Analog demultiplexing Feb. 21, 2006
6980242 Solid state image sensing device Dec. 27, 2005
6970193 Electronic imaging apparatus operable in two modes with a different optical black correction procedure being effected in each mode Nov. 29, 2005
6961029 Pixel border for improved viewability of a display device Nov. 1, 2005
6919551 Differential column readout scheme for CMOS APS pixels Jul. 19, 2005
6903768 Solid state image sensor device free of influence on optical black level by signal potential change of optical black pixels Jun. 7, 2005
6897800 Analog demultiplexer May. 24, 2005
6885397 Method for correcting noise level in a digitized image detector Apr. 26, 2005
6774941 CCD output processing stage that amplifies signals from colored pixels based on the conversion efficiency of the colored pixels Aug. 10, 2004
6768512 Method of bad pixel correction Jul. 27, 2004
6750912 Active-passive imager pixel array with small groups of pixels having short common bus lines Jun. 15, 2004
6744526 Image sensor having black pixels disposed in a spaced-apart relationship from the active pixels Jun. 1, 2004
6737654 Method for temperature compensation of an image detector May. 18, 2004
6710803 Image sensor and method for driving the same Mar. 23, 2004
6661929 Controlling an imaging array not having black cells using an array controller that is adapted to imaging arrays having black cells Dec. 9, 2003
6657662 System for resetting the video offset from dark photosensors in an image sensor array Dec. 2, 2003

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