US Patent Issued to Canon on July 21 for "Photoelectric conversion device, electronic device, and substrate" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,846, issued on July 21, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Photoelectric conversion device, electronic device, and substrate" was invented by Hideo Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion device comprising a pixel array that includes pixels each generates a signal via photoelectric conversion arranged in rows and columns, is disclosed. The device also comprises a plurality of determination circuits that perform determination of an amplitude of signals read out from the pixel array via different vertical signal lines. The device further comprises a shared signal line shared by the plurality of dete...