US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on March 24 for "Imaging device and electronic apparatus comprising imaging device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,765, issued on March 24, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging device and electronic apparatus comprising imaging device" was invented by Masako Hasegawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Takashi Moue (Kanagawa, Japan), Youhei Oosako (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tomonori Yamashita (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "[Problem] An imaging device that can increase the dynamic range of pixel signals is provided.[Means of Solution] An imaging device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of pixels that are exposed during a same period; and an AD converter that digitizes a...