US Patent Issued to Canon on Dec. 16 for "Imaging apparatus, and method with increased readout speed" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,188, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Imaging apparatus, and method with increased readout speed" was invented by Tomoya Kumagai (Tokyo), Takanori Yamashita (Tokyo) and Shinya Ichino (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a readout line, and a plurality of pixel cells each including a conversion unit, an output unit configured to output a signal corresponding to a charge generated by the conversion unit, and a selection switch provided on a pathway between the output unit and the readout line. The apparatus includes a first switch provided on a pathway between the readout line and a first p...