ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,588,310, issued on March 24, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion apparatus, photoelectric conversion system, and moving body" was invented by Daiki Shirahige (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes pixels each including regions provided in a layer and a microlens. The layer has a first depth, a second depth, and a third depth between the first and second depths in order from a side of a surface facing a surface where the microlens is formed. The layer includes a first portion that separates the regions at the first depth and extends in a first direction, a second portion that separ...