ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,947, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).
"Photoelectric conversion apparatus and equipment" was invented by Hideo Kobayashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photoelectric conversion apparatus included pixel circuits, signal lines, current sources, a switching circuit configured to switch a connection state among the plurality of signal lines and the plurality of current sources, and a control circuit configured to control the connection state of the switching circuit. The switching circuit can implement a first connection state in which a first signal line and a second signal line are insulated from each oth...