US Patent Issued to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS on July 14 for "Imaging device, endoscope, imaging system, and imaging method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,034, issued on July 14, was assigned to OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. (Tokyo).

"Imaging device, endoscope, imaging system, and imaging method" was invented by Mayu Hirano (Tachikawa, Japan) and Takanori Tanaka (Hachioji, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes multiple pixels. When a first mode is set, at least one pixel of the multiple pixels sets a state of a transfer switch to an ON state and outputs a first pixel signal in accordance with an electric charge held in a floating diffusion. When a second mode is set, the at least one pixel sets the state of the transfer switch to an OFF state, sets a state of ...