ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,640, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Photodetection device and photodetection system" was invented by Ryutaro Homma (Tokyo) and Yasuhiro Shinozuka (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A photodetection device according to the present disclosure includes: a light-receiving section including a light-receiving element, a first switch, a second switch, and a signal generator, the first switch that couples the light-receiving element to a first node by being turned on, the second switch that applies a predetermined voltage to the first node by being turned on, and the s...