ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,471, issued on March 17, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Sensor fusion system, synchronization control apparatus, and synchronization control method" was invented by Masatake Saito (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor fusion system is provided that includes a ranging apparatus, an image-capturing apparatus, and a synchronization controller, the ranging apparatus including a light source module, a light source controller, and a light receiver, the light source module including a light source section, the image-capturing apparatus including a pixel section, an AD converter, an...