ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,379, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Time measurement apparatus" was invented by Tatsuki Nishino (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a time measurement apparatus which includes a pixel (PZ) that includes a light receiving element and generates a pulse signal (a pixel signal SIG) including a logic pulse on the basis of a light reception result in the light receiving element, a timing detector (a counter section) to detect a light reception timing in the light receiving element on the basis of the pulse signal, a pulse number detector (a time measurement section) t...