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Eric R. Fossum
Also filed as: FOSSUM ERIC · FOSSUM ERIC R
190 granted patents·17 pending applications·13,744 citations·filing 1985–2024
99Inventor score
Files withMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC46CALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN39DARTMOUTH COLLEGE20FOSSUM ERIC R17GENTEX CORP16
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207 records- 0199US7567291B2Vehicle vision systemGENTEX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jul 28, 2009·320 cites·15 claims
- 0299US6742904B2Vehicle equipment control with semiconductor light sensorsGENTEX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 1, 2004·268 cites·15 claims
- 0399US6737629B2Light sensorGENTEX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted May 18, 2004·272 cites·30 claims
- 0499US6665013B1Active pixel sensor having intra-pixel charge transfer with analog-to-digital converterCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 16, 2003·525 cites·12 claims
- 0599US6379013B1Vehicle equipment control with semiconductor light sensorsGENTEX CORP·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 30, 2002·426 cites·49 claims
- 0699US5471515AActive pixel sensor with intra-pixel charge transferCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1994·Granted Nov 28, 1995·1.6k cites·18 claims
- 0798US8896730B2Method of operating a CMOS imager using color interpolationROUND ROCK RES LLC·Filed 2013·Granted Nov 25, 2014·35 cites·13 claims
- 0898US8648287B1Image sensor using single photon jots and processor to create pixelsFOSSUM ERIC R·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 11, 2014·69 cites·17 claims
- 0998US8614754B2Method of operating a CMOS imager using color interpolationFOSSUM ERIC R·Filed 2011·Granted Dec 24, 2013·54 cites·16 claims
- 1098US7105371B2Method of acquiring an image from an optical structure having pixels with dedicated readout circuitsCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 12, 2006·111 cites·2 claims
- 1198US6755542B2Automatic dimming mirror using semiconductor light sensor with integral charge collectionGENTEX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 29, 2004·145 cites·8 claims
- 1298US6504142B2Photodiode light sensorGENTEX CORP·Filed 2002·Granted Jan 7, 2003·142 cites·26 claims
- 1398US6021172AActive pixel sensor having intra-pixel charge transfer with analog-to-digital converterCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 1, 2000·277 cites·27 claims
- 1498US6008486AWide dynamic range optical sensorGENTEX CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 28, 1999·493 cites·23 claims
- 1598US5949483AActive pixel sensor array with multiresolution readoutCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1997·Granted Sep 7, 1999·474 cites·22 claims
- 1697US6744068B2Active pixel sensor with intra-pixel charge transferCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2003·Granted Jun 1, 2004·91 cites·7 claims
- 1797US6555842B1Active pixel sensor with intra-pixel charge transferCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2000·Granted Apr 29, 2003·84 cites·19 claims
- 1897US6402328B1Automatic dimming mirror using semiconductor light sensor with integral charge collectionGENTEX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 11, 2002·150 cites·31 claims
- 1997US6388243B1Active pixel sensor with fully-depleted buried photoreceptorPHOTOBIT CORP·Filed 2000·Granted May 14, 2002·129 cites·20 claims
- 2097US6359274B1Photodiode light sensorGENTEX CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Mar 19, 2002·191 cites·22 claims
- 2197US6115065AImage sensor producing at least two integration times from each sensing pixelCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 5, 2000·314 cites·23 claims
- 2297US5909026AIntegrated sensor with frame memory and programmable resolution for light adaptive imagingCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1997·Granted Jun 1, 1999·189 cites·20 claims
- 2396US7916193B2Interpolator for a CMOS image sensor using a digital registerROUND ROCK RES LLC·Filed 2004·Granted Mar 29, 2011·69 cites·70 claims
- 2496US7646407B2Digital exposure circuit for an image sensorMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2005·Granted Jan 12, 2010·41 cites·22 claims
- 2596US6166768AActive pixel sensor array with simple floating gate pixelsCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 26, 2000·226 cites·30 claims
- 2696US6137100ACMOS image sensor with different pixel sizes for different colorsPHOTOBIT CORP·Filed 1998·Granted Oct 24, 2000·286 cites·12 claims
- 2796US5886659AOn-focal-plane analog-to-digital conversion for current-mode imaging devicesCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 23, 1999·292 cites·12 claims
- 2896US5880691ACapacitively coupled successive approximation ultra low power analog-to-digital converterCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1996·Granted Mar 9, 1999·305 cites·6 claims
- 2996US5841126ACMOS active pixel sensor type imaging system on a chipCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 24, 1998·801 cites·2 claims
- 3096US5665959ASolid-state image sensor with focal-plane digital photon-counting pixel arrayUS ARMY·Filed 1996·Granted Sep 9, 1997·311 cites·4 claims
- 3195US8625016B2Image sensors having multiple photoelectric conversion devices thereinFOSSUM ERIC·Filed 2010·Granted Jan 7, 2014·61 cites·17 claims
- 3295US8054339B2Digital exposure circuit for an image sensorROUND ROCK RES LLC·Filed 2010·Granted Nov 8, 2011·30 cites·16 claims
- 3395US8040394B2Digital exposure circuit for an image sensorROUND ROCK RES LLC·Filed 2009·Granted Oct 18, 2011·29 cites·36 claims
- 3495US6744084B2Two-transistor pixel with buried reset channel and method of formationMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2002·Granted Jun 1, 2004·64 cites·22 claims
- 3595US6429036B1Backside illumination of CMOS image sensorMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2000·Granted Aug 6, 2002·202 cites·11 claims
- 3695US6222172B1Pulse-controlled light emitting diode sourcePHOTOBIT CORP·Filed 1999·Granted Apr 24, 2001·135 cites·12 claims
- 3794US7280139B2Double sampling active pixel sensor with double sampling temperature sensorMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2002·Granted Oct 9, 2007·62 cites·31 claims
- 3894US6873363B1Technique for flagging oversaturated pixelsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2000·Granted Mar 29, 2005·64 cites·10 claims
- 3994US6627474B2Increasing pixel conversion gain in CMOS image sensorsMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2002·Granted Sep 30, 2003·59 cites·5 claims
- 4094US6570617B2CMOS active pixel sensor type imaging system on a chipCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2001·Granted May 27, 2003·124 cites·35 claims
- 4194US6456326B2Single chip camera device having double sampling operationCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2001·Granted Sep 24, 2002·121 cites·18 claims
- 4294US6346700B1Delta-doped hybrid advanced detector for low energy particle detectionCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2000·Granted Feb 12, 2002·70 cites·11 claims
- 4393US8687174B2Unit pixel, photo-detection device and method of measuring a distance using the sameFOSSUM ERIC R·Filed 2011·Granted Apr 1, 2014·10 cites·21 claims
- 4493US6943838B2Active pixel sensor pixel having a photodetector whose output is coupled to an output transistor gateCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2000·Granted Sep 13, 2005·57 cites·33 claims
- 4593US6838653B2Shared photodetector pixel image sensorMICRON TECHNOLOGY INC·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 4, 2005·59 cites·30 claims
- 4693US6175383B1Method and apparatus of high dynamic range image sensor with individual pixel resetCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1996·Granted Jan 16, 2001·175 cites·13 claims
- 4793US6005619AQuantum efficiency improvements in active pixel sensorsPHOTOBIT CORP·Filed 1997·Granted Dec 21, 1999·120 cites·36 claims
- 4893US5990506AActive pixel sensors with substantially planarized color filtering elementsCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1997·Granted Nov 23, 1999·185 cites·19 claims
- 4993US5887049ASelf-triggered X-ray sensorCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 1997·Granted Mar 23, 1999·167 cites·12 claims
- 5092US7369166B2Single substrate camera device with CMOS image sensorCALIFORNIA INST OF TECHN·Filed 2003·Granted May 6, 2008·54 cites·9 claims
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