Inventor · Pasadena, CA, US

Nikolai E. Bock

40Patents
7h-index
18Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Oct 14, 1999 → Nov 13, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US7091466B2 Apparatus and method for pixel binning in an image sensor Electricity 58 Expired
US9344649B2 Floating point image sensors with different integration times Electricity 28 Active
US6870565B1 Semiconductor imaging sensor array devices with dual-port digital readout Electricity 24 Expired
US6707410B1 Digital pixel sensor with a dynamic comparator having reduced threshold voltage sensitivity Electricity 19 Expired
US7081608B2 Pixel with differential readout Electricity 10 Expired
US6388242B1 Micro power micro-sized CMOS active pixel Electricity 7 Expired
US10250826B2 Image sensors having extended dynamic range Electricity 7 Active
US7274396B2 Image sensors with isolated flushed pixel reset Electricity 7 Expired
US7402789B2 Methods for pixel binning in an image sensor Electricity 5 Active
US7969490B2 Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range Electricity 5 Active
US7525587B2 Image sensors with pixel reset Electricity 4 Active
US7148462B2 Pixel with differential readout Electricity 4 Expired
US6778123B1 Calibration of A/D converters by reusing capacitors used for sampling Electricity 4 Expired
US9426384B2 Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range Electricity 3 Active
US7920194B2 Image sensors with pixel reset Electricity 3 Active
US10863119B2 Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range Electricity 3 Active
US9445028B2 Image sensors for generating floating point numbers Electricity 2 Active
US10038861B2 Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range Electricity 2 Active
US9307172B2 Floating point image sensors with tile-based memory Electricity 2 Active
US8917339B2 Method, apparatus, and system providing an imager with pixels having extended dynamic range Electricity 2 Active
US7630011B1 High-speed sampling of signals in active pixel sensors Electricity 1 Expired
US6891145B2 Micro power micro-sized CMOS active pixel Electricity 1 Expired
US10341571B2 Image sensors with electronic shutter Electricity 1 Active
US8130289B2 System, method, and apparatus for correction of dark current error in semiconductor imaging devices Electricity 1 Active
US10652486B2 Image sensor with electron and hole collection electrodes Electricity 1 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.