Color separation in an active pixel cell imaging array using a triple-well structure

RB Merrill - US Patent 5,965,875, 1999 - Google Patents
57 ABSTRACT A digital imager apparatus uses the differences in absorption length in
silicon of light of different wavelengths for color Separation. A preferred imaging array is …

Bio-inspired color-polarization imager for real-time in situ imaging

M Garcia, C Edmiston, R Marinov, A Vail, V Gruev - Optica, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Nature has a large repertoire of animals that take advantage of naturally abundant
polarization phenomena. Among them, the mantis shrimp possesses one of the most …

Digital compression method and system with improved coding efficiency

YT Tsai - US Patent 4,974,078, 1990 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is
directed to a digital image compression method and inverse compression method which …

Vertical color filter detector group and array

RB Merrill - US Patent 6,727,521, 2004 - Google Patents
4,651,001 A 3/1987 Harada et al............... 250/330 ductor. The blue-sensitive detector layer
at the surface of the 4,677,289 A 6/1987 Nozaki et al..... 250/226 Semiconductor may have a …

Identification of non-barcoded products

ED Barkan, R Sanders - US Patent 8,479,996, 2013 - Google Patents
5,717, 195 5,801,370 5,936.218 5,987,428 6,006,990 6,141,062 6,330,973 6,336,587
6,340,114 6,392,688 6,538,243 6,629,642 6,899,272 6,924,807 6.951, 304 6,991,169 …

Image sensor comprising isolated germanium photodetectors integrated with a silicon substrate and silicon circuitry

CA King, CS Rafferty - US Patent 7,973,377, 2011 - Google Patents
In accordance with the invention, an improved image sensor comprises an array of
germanium photosensitive elements integrated with a silicon Substrate and integrated with …

Electro-optical imaging reader having plural solid-state imagers with shutters to prevent concurrent exposure

J Giebel, E Barkan, CW Brock, M Drzymala… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
A bioptical workstation includes plural image capture modules for capturing images of
indicia along different fields of view. Each module includes an illuminator for illuminating the …

Imaging of non-barcoded documents

ED Barkan - US Patent 8,079,523, 2011 - Google Patents
The present disclosure concerns a bar code reader 10 that can both interpret bar codes and
image documents. The bar code reader includes a housing including a vertical and a …

Image sensor comprising isolated germanium photodetectors integrated with a silicon substrate and silicon circuitry

CA King, CS Rafferty - US Patent 7,453,129, 2008 - Google Patents
In accordance with the invention, an improved image sensor comprises an array of
germanium photosensitive elements integrated with a silicon Substrate and integrated with …

Imaging system for reading target with multiple symbols

DJ Madej, M Trajkovic - US Patent 8,950,673, 2015 - Google Patents
An imaging system for acquiring images of multiple indicia, Such as symbols and non-
symbols, on a target. Such as a label, comprises a Solid-state imager having an array of …