US Patent 7379110 Solid-state image pickup device for producing thinned image

Patent 7379110 was granted and assigned to Sanyo on May, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Current Assignee

Sanyo

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7379110

Date of Patent

May 27, 2008

Patent Application Number

10988909

Date Filed

November 15, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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David Ometz

Patent abstract

There is disclosed a solid-state image pickup device in which light receiving elements of a light receiving region generates information charges in accordance with incident lights. The information charges are transferred to storage picture elements of a storage region, and subsequently emitted as image signals. Here, the storage region is formed smaller than the light receiving region. Only the information charges of a selected region are transferred from the light receiving elements of the light receiving region to the storage region. Therefore, thinned-out image signals can be obtained.