US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Dec. 2 for "Imaging device and electronic apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,994, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging device and electronic apparatus" was invented by Kouji Matsuura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To increase the frame rate and reduce power consumption with a wide dynamic range for photoelectric conversion. An imaging device includes: a first photoelectric conversion unit; a first read-out circuit that outputs to a first signal line a first pixel signal corresponding to charges photoelectrically converted by the first photoelectric conversion unit; a second photoelectric conversion unit that has a smaller light-receiv...