ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,847, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Apparatus and control method for apparatus" was invented by Masao Ina (Kanagawa, Japan), Masato Ofuji (Gunma, Japan) and Takamasa Ishii (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes: a first pixel for acquiring an image, the first pixel including a first conversion element and a first thin-film transistor and connected to a first signal line; and a second pixel for correcting an output of the first pixel, the second pixel including an element and a second thin-film transistor and connected to a second signal line, in which a ratio between a plurality ...