US Patent Issued to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS on Sept. 1 for "Solid-state imaging element and imaging device with first pixel for gradation signal and second pixel for event detection having larger photoelectric conversion portion volume" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,264, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Solid-state imaging element and imaging device with first pixel for gradation signal and second pixel for event detection having larger photoelectric conversion portion volume" was invented by Hironori Hoshi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid-state imaging element according to the present technology includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of pixels each having a photoelectric conversion portion is arranged, the pixel array unit includes, as the pixels, a first pixel for obtaining a gradation signal indicating a...