ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,993, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, photoelectric conversion system, equipment, and moving body" was invented by Jumpei Ashida (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device is provided. The device includes a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element, a plurality of calculators, and a processor. The plurality of pixels and the plurality of calculators are respectively arranged in a two-dimensional array. For the plurality of pixels, each pixel group of pixel groups composed of not less than two pixels of the pluralit...