US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Aug. 25 for "Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and method for controlling solid-state imaging element" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,182, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and method for controlling solid-state imaging element" was invented by Keigo Nakazawa (Tokyo) and Ryohei Kawasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved frame image quality in a solid-state imaging element that processes the frame using metadata is disclosed. In one example, each of a plurality of pixels is provided with a sample-and-hold circuit that holds a pixel signal. A signal processing unit generates a first digital signal by performing signal processing on each of the held pixel ...