US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on Aug. 25 for "Imaging apparatus and imaging system" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,003, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging apparatus and imaging system" was invented by Shigeharu Kawamoto (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The imaging apparatus includes an imaging element and an optical system. On the imaging element, a plurality of pixels is arranged in a two-dimensional manner. The imaging element generates image data on the basis of output of the plurality of pixels. The optical system forms, on an imaging plane of the imaging element, an image of light from a field at a magnification factor varying ...