Enhancing image quality imaging unit and image sensor

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7978240
APP PUB NO 20070076269A1
SERIAL NO

11541835

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There is provided an imaging unit: including an image sensor with a number of pixels arranged in a matrix, the pixels having color pixels where color filters are disposed, and white pixels where the color filters are not disposed; a sampling circuit section for sampling pixel signals generated in the image sensor; and a main controller for controlling the image sensor and/or the sampling circuit section to sample the pixel signals generated in the white pixels or the pixel signals generated in the color pixels sequentially in a time-series manner.

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  • KONICA MINOLTA PHOTO IMAGING, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Honda, Tsutomu Sakai, JP 71 1862
Kido, Toshihito Matsubara, JP 28 623
Minakuti, Jun Sakai, JP 50 847
Nakayama, Haruki Suita, JP 27 263
Shintani, Dai Izumi, JP 96 2339

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