US Patent Issued to CANON on April 14 for "Photoelectric conversion device, movable apparatus, control method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,115, issued on April 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, movable apparatus, control method, and storage medium" was invented by Yuya Kurata (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A signal is generated based on a difference between count values for a counter between a start time and an end time of an accumulation period in a photoelectric conversion unit; control is performed such that a signal that is generated during a first accumulation period that is shorter than a second accumulation period is output during a time from an end of the first accumulation period until an end of the secon...