Inventor · San Jose, CA, US

Eiichi Funatsu

62Patents
10h-index
66Co-inventors
81Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 1, 1994 → Jul 21, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US6821809B2 Solid state image pickup device and method of producing solid state image pickup device Electricity 74 Expired
US5581094A Photodetector, a photodector array comprising photodetectors, an object detector comprising the photodetecter array and an object detecting procedure Electricity 68 Expired
US5694495A Image sensing device and image sensing method Physics 51 Expired
US5815608A Apparatus and method for sensing and processing images Physics 26 Expired
US7671912B2 Solid-state imaging apparatus Electricity 25 Expired
US6411278B1 Coordinated position control system, coordinate position control method, and computer-readable storage medium containing a computer program for coordinate position controlling recorded thereon Physics 20 Expired
US6087703A Photodetector and photodetection circuit Electricity 17 Expired
US7468750B2 Solid state imaging device having transition time relationship for drive signals Electricity 15 Expired
US8520105B2 Solid-state image pickup device and camera system Electricity 12 Active
US9282256B1 System and method for HDR imaging Electricity 10 Active
US9712765B2 Solid-state image pickup device and camera system Electricity 9 Active
US10356351B1 Image sensor with dual conversion gain readout Electricity 9 Active
US9525835B2 Solid-state image pickup device and camera system Electricity 8 Active
US7623172B2 Solid-state image pickup device and drive method thereof Electricity 8 Expired
US9319606B2 Solid-state image sensing device and camera system with divided pixels Electricity 7 Active
US8922685B2 Solid-state image sensing device and camera system with divided pixels Electricity 7 Active
US8519502B2 Solid-state imaging device Electricity 7 Active
US8035105B2 Solid state image pickup device and method of producing solid state image pickup device Electricity 6 Active
US9124823B2 Image sensor with fast intra-frame focus Electricity 6 Active
US7755090B2 Solid state image pickup device and method of producing solid state image pickup device Electricity 5 Active
US8482643B2 Solid-state imaging device including a plurality of pixels and a plurality of signal lines Electricity 5 Active
US7268812B2 Solid-state image pickup device and pixel defect testing method thereof Electricity 5 Expired
US7279712B2 Solid state image pickup device and method of producing solid state image pickup device Electricity 5 Expired
US7515185B2 Solid-state imaging device Electricity 5 Expired
US6631217B1 Image processor Electricity 4 Expired

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