ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,707,165, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Solid-state imaging device" was invented by Shiono Masumi (Yokohama, Japan) and Oshima Itaru (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state imaging device with increased integration is provided. A pixel of the solid-state imaging device includes a photoelectric converter and a counter that counts a pulse signal output based on the amount of light incident on the photoelectric converter, wherein the counter may be divided into a lower bit group and an upper bit group, a first integrated circuit is provided between the lower bi...