ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,733, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Pixels with multiple operating modes, and associated systems, devices, and methods" was invented by Andreas Suess (San Jose, Calif.) and Sangjoo Lee (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pixels with multiple operating modes (and associated systems, devices, and methods) are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a pixel arrangement includes a pixel including a first photosensor, a second photosensor, a floating diffusion, a first event vision sensor (EVS) connection coupling the pixel to first EVS readout circuitry and configured to...