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Aptina Imaging Corporation

582Patents
535Active
582Granted
63Portfolio score

Filing activity: Dec 9, 1998 → Sep 19, 2013 · 409 expiring within 5 years

Most-cited patents

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7643056B2 Motion detecting camera system Electricity 241 Active
US7619683B2 Apparatus including a dual camera module and method of using the same Electricity 231 Expired
US8131097B2 Method and apparatus for extended depth-of-field image restoration Electricity 214 Active
US8803990B2 Imaging system with multiple sensors for producing high-dynamic-range images Electricity 213 Active
US7675080B2 Uniform color filter arrays in a moat Electricity 193 Active
US7782364B2 Multi-array sensor with integrated sub-array for parallax detection and photometer functionality Electricity 192 Active
US8581995B2 Method and apparatus for parallax correction in fused array imaging systems Physics 139 Active
US8866951B2 Super-resolution imaging systems Electricity 135 Active
US7471315B2 Apparatus and method for detecting and compensating for illuminant intensity changes within an image Electricity 98 Expired
US8092734B2 Covers for microelectronic imagers and methods for wafer-level packaging of microelectronics imagers Electricity 97 Active
US7663165B2 Transparent-channel thin-film transistor-based pixels for high-performance image sensors Electricity 97 Active
US7989266B2 Methods for separating individual semiconductor devices from a carrier Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 96 Active
US7453054B2 Method and apparatus for calibrating parallel readout paths in imagers Electricity 72 Expired
US7573516B2 Look ahead rolling shutter system in CMOS sensors Electricity 62 Active
US7817187B2 Image blur correction using a secondary camera Electricity 56 Active
US8159007B2 Providing current to compensate for spurious current while receiving signals through a line Electricity 50 Active
US7643213B2 Ellipsoidal gapless micro lenses for imagers Electricity 50 Active
US8330840B2 Image sensor with multilayer interference filters Electricity 49 Active
US8575531B2 Image sensor array for back side illumination with global shutter using a junction gate photodiode Electricity 46 Active
US7452743B2 Microelectronic imaging units and methods of manufacturing microelectronic imaging units at the wafer level Electricity 44 Active
US8350940B2 Image sensors and color filter arrays for charge summing and interlaced readout modes Electricity 44 Active
US7880785B2 Rod and cone response sensor Electricity 42 Active
US7724284B2 Multi-camera system and method having a common processing block Electricity 42 Active
US7511257B2 Method and apparatus providing and optical guide in image sensor devices Electricity 42 Expired
US8723284B1 Back side illuminated CMOS image sensor with global shutter storage gates stacked on top of pinned photodiodes Electricity 41 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Counts and citation impact are objective bibliographic measures.