Inventor · Cupertino, CA, US

Xiangli Li

45Patents
11h-index
50Co-inventors
74Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 11, 2005 → Sep 19, 2022

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US9686485B2 Pixel binning in an image sensor Electricity 39 Active
US9083905B2 Structured light imaging system Electricity 34 Active
US9041837B2 Image sensor with reduced blooming Electricity 31 Active
US9497397B1 Image sensor with auto-focus and color ratio cross-talk comparison Electricity 28 Active
US9584743B1 Image sensor with auto-focus and pixel cross-talk compensation Electricity 23 Active
US9293500B2 Exposure control for image sensors Electricity 23 Active
US9741754B2 Charge transfer circuit with storage nodes in image sensors Electricity 21 Active
US10440301B2 Image capture device, pixel, and method providing improved phase detection auto-focus performance Electricity 16 Active
US8928792B1 CMOS image sensor with global shutter, rolling shutter, and a variable conversion gain, having pixels employing several BCMD transistors coupled to a single photodiode and dual gate BCMD transistors for charge storage and sensing Electricity 15 Active
US9356061B2 Image sensor with buried light shield and vertical gate Electricity 15 Active
US10609348B2 Pixel binning in an image sensor Electricity 14 Active
US8077237B2 Method and apparatus for controlling dual conversion gain signal in imaging devices Electricity 10 Active
US10848693B2 Image flare detection using asymmetric pixels Electricity 8 Active
US8350939B2 Vertical 4-way shared pixel in a single column with internal reset and no row select Electricity 7 Active
US9749521B2 Image sensor with in-pixel depth sensing Electricity 6 Active
US7989749B2 Method and apparatus providing shared pixel architecture Electricity 6 Active
US9842875B2 Image sensor with buried light shield and vertical gate Electricity 6 Active
US10943935B2 Methods for transferring charge in an image sensor Electricity 5 Active
US9451152B2 Image sensor with in-pixel depth sensing Electricity 5 Active
US7858914B2 Method and apparatus for reducing dark current and hot pixels in CMOS image sensors Electricity 3 Active
US8514322B2 Systems and methods for adaptive control and dynamic range extension of image sensors Electricity 3 Active
US7619671B2 Method, apparatus and system for charge injection suppression in active pixel sensors Electricity 3 Active
US8466402B2 Imaging pixels with shielded floating diffusions Electricity 3 Active
US9210347B2 Vertical 4-way shared pixel in a single column with internal reset and no row select Electricity 2 Active
US7714266B2 Method and apparatus for measuring source follower gain in an image sensor array Electricity 2 Active

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