ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,264, issued on July 14, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion device and photoelectric conversion system" was invented by Masahiko Mizoguchi (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device includes a pixel unit including a photoelectric conversion unit, a count unit, a count control unit for controlling the count unit, and a determination unit for performing a determination processing of determining a change in the amount of light incident. An exposure period includes at least first and second periods. The count control unit controls to output a difference value between a firs...