Image sensor
CA 2244276 C · Owner: Kurosawa, Toshiro · Inventors: Noguchi, Syun; Kurosawa, Toshiro
Overview
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A Time Delay Integration technique is applied to an image sensor of this invention. A sensor part is constructed in such a way that diagonally-arranged photo-sensors are arranged periodically lengthwise and widthwise. The signal charge read from the photo-sensors of each line is transferred vertically to horizontal CCD shift registers. Each horizontal CCD shift register is provided on each line of the diagonallyarranged , photo-sensors, and the horizontal CCD shift register outputs the signal charge to an A/D converter, which converts the signal charge into a digital signal. Thus, one A/D converter processes only a small amount of data, and the object can be scanned at high speed.
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- Filed September 10, 1998 and granted May 8, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 10, 2018.
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