US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Sept. 1 for "Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and solid-state imaging element control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,726,731, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element, imaging device, and solid-state imaging element control method" was invented by Luonghung Asakura (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To improve the image quality in a solid-state imaging element that performs exposure by a global shutter scheme.The solid-state imaging element includes a photoelectric conversion film, an upstream circuit, and a sample-hold circuit. The photoelectric conversion film converts incident light into a charge. The upstream circuit sequentially generates a reset level accord...