US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on June 23 for "Solid-state imaging device and method of outputting imaging data" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,168, issued on June 23, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging device and method of outputting imaging data" was invented by Yoshinori Muramatsu (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Simplified solid-state imaging device configurations for outputting imaging data and low-resolution data are disclosed. In one example, a solid-state imaging device includes an imaging unit, a resolution conversion unit, and a switching unit. The imaging unit generates the imaging data. The resolution conversion unit reduces a resolution of the imaging data to convert the imaging data into the...