ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,634,596, issued on May 19, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Sensor apparatus" was invented by Kazutoshi Kodama (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a sensor apparatus that includes a pixel array, a control circuit, a read circuit, and a signal processing circuit. In the pixel array, a plurality of pixels each having a detection element for detecting an event are arranged in at least a plurality of columns and at least one line constituting an array pattern. The control circuit controls scanning of the pixels in units of frames. The read circuit reads an event detected by the det...