US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Feb. 24 for "Information processing apparatus and information processing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,561,943, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Information processing apparatus and information processing method" was invented by Toshihiro Kobayashi (Tokyo) and Tsutomu Shimosato (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Information processing that suppresses increased power consumption is disclosed. In one example, an information processing apparatus includes a hybrid sensor with photoelectric conversion units (PDs) that convert incident light, and a processor that acquires, based on outputs of the PDs, a luminance signal or an event signal based on a luminance change. The proc...