ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,301,962, issued on May 13, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Imaging device and imaging method with adjustment of threshold value corresponding to change in signals from photoelectric conversion elements" was invented by Takahiro Miyazaki (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To reliably and efficiently detect an event.An imaging device includes: a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements each of which is configured to photoelectrically convert incident light to generate an electric signal; a plurality of detectors each of which is configured to output a detection signal in a case wher...