US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on June 30 for "Solid-state imaging element, method for controlling solid-state imaging element, and electronic device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,917, issued on June 30, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element, method for controlling solid-state imaging element, and electronic device" was invented by Chihiro Okada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To improve image quality in a solid-state imaging element using an indirect ToF system.The solid-state imaging element includes a pixel signal generation unit, a first sample hold circuit, and a second sample hold circuit. The pixel signal generation unit generates a first pixel signal corresponding to an amount of charge transferred from a photoelectric conversion elemen...